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Showing words for SHIRKING using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Shirking

shirking, shriking

7 Letter Words for Shirking

girkins, griskin, hirings, krising, risking

6 Letter Words for Shirking

girkin, hiking, hiring, inkish, irking, rising, shrink, siring, skiing

5 Letter Words for Shirking

ginks, giris, girns, girsh, grins, hings, ignis, iring, irish, kings, kirns, knish, nighs, niris, rings, rinks, rishi, shirk, singh, sirih, sirki

4 Letter Words for Shirking

gink, gins, giri, girn, gish, grin, gris, higi, hing, hins, hisn, inks, iris, irks, khir, khis, king, kins, kiri, kirn, kirs, kish, kris, nigh, nisi, rigs, ring, rink, rins, risk, shin, shir, shri, sigh, sign, sikh, sing, sinh, sink, siri, skin, snig

3 Letter Words for Shirking

gin, gis, gns, grs, hin, hir, his, hrs, ign, ihi, ihs, ing, ink, ins, irk, irs, ish, isn, kgr, khi, kin, kir, krs, ksi, nig, nis, rig, rin, shi, shr, sig, sin, sir, ski, sri

Definitions for Shirking

[1] to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
[2] to evade work, duty, etc.
[3] a shirker.
[4] to avoid discharging (work, a duty, etc); evade
[5] a person who shirks
[6] Islam the fundamental sin of regarding anything as equal to Allah any belief that is considered to be in opposition to Allah and Islam

Words related to Shirking

shirkpussyfoot, fence, cheat, sidestep, goldbrick, elude, slip, duck, creep, quit, bypass, dodge, slink, lurk, sneak, parry, malinger, snake, shun, skulk

Words nearby Shirking

shirkshiraz, shire, shire highlands, shire horse, shirer, shirk, shirker, shirleen, shirley, shirley poppy, shirley temple

Origin of Shirking

First recorded in 1625–35; obscurely akin to shark2

Other words from Shirking

un·shirked , adjective
un·shirk·ing , adjective

Word origin for Shirking

from Arabic: association

Synonyms for Shirking

bypass, cheat, creep, dodge, dog, duck, elude, eschew, evade, fence, goldbrick, lurk, malinger, parry, pussyfoot, quit, shun, sidestep, skulk, slack, slink, slip, snake, sneak, steal, get around, lie down on job, shuffle off, slough off