Definition of shirker Shirker
shirk•er
We found 5 definitions of shirker from 4 different sources.
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What does shirker mean?
WordNet
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| shirker - a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) | ||
| slacker | ||
| do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum person who does no work; "a lazy bum" | ||
| armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | ||
| goldbrick anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless | ||
| malingerer, shammer, skulker someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- shirker (n.)
One who shirks.
Part of speech
🔤- shirker, noun, singular of shirkers.
