shirking

We have found lemma(root) word of shirking : shirk.

Definitions


[ʃəːk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility)
(e.g: I do not shirk any responsibility in this matter)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘practise fraud or trickery’): from obsolete shirk ‘sponger’, perhaps from German Schurke ‘scoundrel’


[ʃəːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person who shirks


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘practise fraud or trickery’): from obsolete shirk ‘sponger’, perhaps from German Schurke ‘scoundrel’




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