Definition of: shirk

(shûrk) v.t.
1. To avoid the doing of; evade doing (something that should be done).
2. Obs. To obtain by trickery.
—v.i.
3. To avoid work or evade obligation. [<noun]
—noun One who shirks; also shirk′er. [Prob. <G Schurke rascal. Akin to SHARK².]