Shirk

Verb

 * 1)  To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
 * If you have a job, don't shirk from it and not show up at work.

Synonyms

 * blow off
 * goldbrick

Noun

 * 1) one who shirks

Noun

 * 1)  the unforgivable sin of idolatry

Adverbs for Shirk
timidly; faithlessly; pusillanimously; basely; meanly; cowardly; ingeniously; falsely.

Thesaurus
abandon, avoid, bilk, burke, bypass, creep, cut, dodge, dog it, double, duck, duck duty, eschew, evade, fence, get around, get out of, goldbrick, goof off, gumshoe, jump, leave, leave loose ends, leave undone, let alone, let be, let dangle, let go, lurk, malinger, miss, not pull fair, omit, parry, pass over, pass up, pretermit, procrastinate, pussyfoot, shrink from, shun, sidestep, skip, skive, skulk, slack, slide out of, slink, slip, slip out of, snake, sneak out of, soldier, steal, trifle, welsh

Etymology 1
First attested use in 1625 – 1635, apparently from association with shark (verb form), or from Schurke:.

Etymology 2
 (širk, "idolatry").

Verb

 * Finnish:
 * French: esquirer
 * German: sich drücken


 * Icelandic:
 * Russian: увиливать
 * Spanish:, evadir