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SHIRKING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The evasion of work or duty

Synonyms:

goldbricking; goofing off; shirking; slacking; soldiering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("shirking" is a kind of...):

dodging; escape; evasion (nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do)

Derivation:

shirk (avoid (one's assigned duties))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb shirk

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