shirking

Questions about shirking

What does shirking mean?

shirking means "the evasion of work or duty".

How many syllables are in shirking?

shirking has 2 syllables: shir-king. The stress falls on "shir". In IPA it is /ˈʃɝkɪŋ/.

What is another word for shirking?

Close synonyms include slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shirking a common word?

shirking is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.