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shirkshirk /ʃɚk/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYshirkOrigin: 1600-1700 Perhaps from German schurke bad man VERB TABLEshirk |
| Present | I, you, we, they | shirk | | he, she, it | shirks | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | shirked | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have shirked | | he, she, it | has shirked | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had shirked | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will shirk | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have shirked |
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| Present | I | am shirking | | he, she, it | is shirking | | you, we, they | are shirking | | Past | I, he, she, it | was shirking | | you, we, they | were shirking | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been shirking | | he, she, it | has been shirking | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been shirking | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be shirking | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been shirking |
► shirk your responsibilities/duties/obligations Federal agents will not shirk their duty. to deliberately avoid doing something you should do, because you are lazy: shirk your responsibilities/duties/obligations Federal agents will not shirk their duty.—shirker noun [countable]—shirking noun [uncountable]shirk from something phrasal verb to deliberately avoid something or refuse to do something, especially because you are afraid: The president won’t shirk from a fight over the tax. |