Meanings (ES + gloss)
correrse • evadir • pirar • ponerse al socaire • remolonear
To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
Back in school, you ever get busted for trynna walk and have some administrator tell you / "Son, you can shirk your obligations, / and try to be different from your peers, / but re…
the usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties
escaquearse • escurrir el bulto • guardar el bulto
To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
If you have a job, don't shirk from it by staying off work.
September 7, 1830, Lord Byron, letter to Mr. Murray One of the cities shirked from the league.
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