shirker
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shirk 1
(shûrk)v. shirked, shirk·ing, shirks
v.tr.
To avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility).
v.intr.
To avoid work or duty.
[Perhaps from German Schurke, scoundrel; akin to Old High German fiurscurgo, demon : fiur, fire + scurigen, to stir up.]
shirk′er n.
shirk 2
(shûrk, shîrk)n. Islam
The sin of offering worship to idols or to any being other than God.
[Arabic širk, association (of an idol) as a partner to God, sharing (of an idol) in the worship due to God alone, shirk, from šarika, to share, associate, be a partner; akin to Akkadian šarāku, to give, bestow and Ugaritic šrk, to associate with.]
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shirk•er
(ˈʃɜr kər)n.
a person who evades work, duty, responsibility, etc.
[1790–1800]
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Noun | 1. | shirker - a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" goldbrick - a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort scrimshanker - a shirker |
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Translations
من يَتَهَرَّب من واجِبِه
lenoch
skulker
kötelességmulasztó
e-r sem vanrækir skyldu sína
kaytaran kimse
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shirker
n → Drückeberger(in) m(f)
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shirk
(ʃəːk) verb to avoid doing, accepting responsibility for etc (something one ought to). She shirked telling him the bad news that night.
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