shirk

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
2. (intransitive) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
3. (transitive) To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.

Noun

One who shirks, who avoids a duty or responsibility.

Noun

The unforgivable sin of association (claiming something or someone can share in the oneness of God).

Concepts

éviter

parer

esquiver

manquer à

esquirer

s’abstenir de

se défiler

se détourner de

se soustraire à

escamoter

se soustraire

négliger

se dégonfler

violon

🎻

manquer à ses devoirs

Synonymes

avoid

evade

dodge

elude

avert

steer clear of

escape

sidestep

duck

🦆

shrink from

circumvent

run away

sneak

shun

fiddle

eschew

neglect

skate over

idle

cheat

loaf

fear

😨

dread

goldbrick

slack

expel

retreat

shift

skirt

skive

skulk

stalk

stall

stand back

stay away

tergiversate

wriggle

yield

bludge

endeavor not to meet

excuse oneself

hide oneself

keep away from

keep clear of

make excuses

refrain from

shrug off

swing the lead

be off one’s guard

refuse to admit

Traductions

rehuir

evitare

evitar

ontwijken

ausweichen

esquivar

mijden

entgehen

vermeiden

uit de weg gaan

vermijden

entweichen

verhindern

umgehen

meiden

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ʃɜːk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

First use appears c. 1633, in the publications of Shackerley Marmion, apparently from association with shark (verb), or otherwise directly from German Schurke (“rogue, knave”).