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Definition of shirking : of Shirk

Synonyms:

goldbricking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off, soldiership

declination, escape, abstinence, retreat, elusion, circumvention, avoidance, flight, disdain, evasion

averting, shrinking, declining, shunning, skipping, abstaining, avoiding, escaping, recoiling, sidestepping, eluding, dodging, evading, bypassing, circumventing, ducking

Usage examples:

• He had no answer for me but a shrewd shirking glance that flattered my sense of acumen, and adding, pleasantly, " So many of your Arizona citizens have forsaken silver for gold just now," I wrote my name in the hotel book, while he looked to remind himself what it was. - "Red Men and White", Owen Wister.
• 235. It is rather surprising that there should be so much shirking of chapel, when the very moderate amount of attendance required is considered. - "A Collection of College Words and Customs", Benjamin Homer Hall.
• She had not deemed him heartless, but she had regretted that deliberate shirking of his grief. - "The Bars of Iron", Ethel May Dell.