Dictionary

shirker en · NOUN

Etymology

From shirk + -er.

Meanings

1. One who shirks a duty or responsibility.
2. One who is lazy.
   • the shirkers in the family complain when she gets them chopping up wood for a few hours in the woodshed 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 353:

Forms

Relateds

malingerer

Synonyms

slacker · derelict · goldbrick

Translations (30)

it perdigiorno (Someone who is lazy) · ca emboscat (Someone who shirks) · nl luiaard (Someone who is lazy) · nl uitslover (Someone who shirks) · mi inukorokoro (Someone who is lazy) · es remolón (Someone who is lazy) · it lazzarone (Someone who is lazy) · mi karioi (Someone who shirks) · de Faulenzer (Someone who is lazy) · bg кръшкач (Someone who shirks) · id pembolos (Someone who shirks) · pl bumelant (Someone who is lazy) · mr कामचोर (Someone who shirks) · mi karioi (Someone who is lazy) · pl bumelant (Someone who shirks) · es candongo (Someone who shirks) · it sfaticato (Someone who shirks) · de Drückeberger (Someone who shirks) · it pigrone (Someone who is lazy) · de Faulpelz (Someone who is lazy) · pdt Schlosäwendoot (Someone who is lazy) · mi ringa mākohakoha (Someone who is lazy) · bg мързеливец (Someone who is lazy) · pl bumelantka (Someone who shirks) · es embuscado (Someone who shirks) · pl bumelantka (Someone who is lazy) · de Verpisser (Someone who shirks) · mi kaikaro (Someone who shirks) · pl obibok (Someone who is lazy) · pl nierób (Someone who is lazy)