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Meanings of shirk in English

Spanish
esquivar

Avoid (one's assigned duties)

esquivar
Russian
мушрик
Spanish
shirk
Catalan
xirk

Worship of anyone or anything besides Allah.

мушрик
Usage of shirk in English
1
Yet it continues to shirk its responsibilities to the nation's public health.
The Guardian
2
No local authority should be able to shirk its responsibility, Lofven said.
Reuters
3
Clarence refused to shirk the sense of responsibility to himself, Helen says.
Ebony
4
Everybody had a job to do; no one was allowed to shirk.
Shadow prowler
5
The interview was perilous; but he was not one to shirk danger.
The Fortunate Youth
6
We don't shirk from naming difficult things to ourselves and to others.
The Irish Times
7
I never shirk my job and never let anything interfere with it.
Dayworld Breakup
8
I shall venture, to-night, to shirk;-thoughthe king will soon miss me.
The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2
9
Didn't shirk his defensive duties, providing a crucial early block on Son.
News.com.au
10
The profiteer, the shirk, the fraud of any sort, was instantly unmasked.
Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Spri...
11
She did not shirk the part which she had allotted to herself.
The Four Feathers
12
Think about breaking it up into smaller chunks, but don't shirk it.
Ebony
13
The Protector of Urione did not shirk his place in the fore.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
14
But, of course, if you shirk the sea you are a prisoner.
First and Last
15
This mission was Olympus born, and they would not shirk from it.
Imperatrix
16
But he did not shirk this new task that came to him.
Russell H. Conwell, Founder of the Institutional Church in Ameri...
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Translations for shirk
Catalan
xirk
Shirk through the time
Shirk across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common