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Meaning of shirk

- To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
- To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
- To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
- To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
- One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.

Crossword clue for shirk

- Act evasively