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shirking
 
Noun shirking has 1 sense
  1. shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking - the evasion of work or duty
    --1 is a kind of evasion, escape, dodging
    Derived form: verb shirk1
Verb shirk has 2 senses
  1. fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick - avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
    --1 is one way to avoid
    Derived forms: noun shirker1, noun shirking1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. shirk - avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"
    --2 is one way to     avoid
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
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