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Meaning of "shirker" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHIRKER

shirker  [ˈʃɜːkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHIRKER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shirker is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHIRKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of shirker in the English dictionary

The definition of shirker in the dictionary is a person who avoids work.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHIRKER


berserker
bəˈzɜːkə
burka
ˈbɜːkə
burqa
ˈbɜːkə
care-worker
ˈkɛəwɜːkə
circa
ˈsɜːkə
dock-worker
ˈdɒkˌwɜːkə
lurker
ˈlɜːkə
mazurka
məˈzɜːkə
networker
ˈnɛtˌwɜːkə
steelworker
ˈstiːlwɜːkə
tear-jerker
ˈtɪəˌdʒɜːkə
woodworker
ˈwʊdˌwɜːkə
worker
ˈwɜːkə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHIRKER

shir
shiralee
Shiraz
shire
Shire Highlands
shire horse
shireman
shires
shirk
shirr
shirralee
shirring
shirring elastic
shirt
shirt front
shirt-lifter
shirt-tail
shirt-tail cousin
shirtband
shirtdress

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHIRKER

aid worker
barker
biomarker
childcare worker
co-worker
community worker
construction worker
factory worker
field worker
genetic marker
health care worker
knowledge worker
marker
medical social worker
New Yorker
office worker
Parker
social worker
white-collar worker
yorker

Synonyms and antonyms of shirker in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SHIRKER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «shirker» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of shirker

Translation of «shirker» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHIRKER

Find out the translation of shirker to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shirker from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shirker» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

偷懒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

shirker
570 millions of speakers

English

shirker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कामचोर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المتهرب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прогульщик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shirker
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

shirker
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tire-au-flanc
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shirker
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Drückeberger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

shirker
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

shirker
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shirker
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người hay trốn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடமையில் இருந்து நழுவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिरकर्कर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kaytarıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scansafatiche
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

shirker
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прогульник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

papugiu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φυγόπονος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plichtverzaker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

smitare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Shirker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shirker

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIRKER»

The term «shirker» is normally little used and occupies the 117.440 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIRKER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shirker» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shirker» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shirker

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHIRKER»

Discover the use of shirker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shirker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shirker: A Novel
As Penrose is drawn ever deeper, he begins to sense the extent of the evil he is up against - an evil that can defy time itself.Lean, poetic - at times erotic - Shirker is a disturbing noir thriller from a massive new talent in contemporary ...
Chad Taylor, 2001
2
Wages and Unemployment: A Study in Non-Walrasian Macroeconomics
gr I ( ) As in the previous section, we assume that e, can take on only two values: e, is equal to 0 for a shirker or a jobless and to 1 for a non-shirker. At the beginning of period t, each worker receives the same wage wi and the jobless receive ...
Pierre Picard, 1993
3
Labor Market Institutions and Public Regulation
If the worker retains the job, he will get an expected utility stream V(0). An individual dismissal and a mass redundancy result in unemployment and in payoffs of U(0. r) and U(0,m), respectively. The expected utility of a dismissed shirker EU(0, ...
Jonas Agell, Michael Keen, Alfons J. Weichenrieder, 2004
4
Inside the capitalist firm: an evolutionary theory of the ...
The shirker is assigned another set of tasks or paid better to improve his motivation to fulfil the demands of the job. – The shirker is reprimanded for his behaviour. – The shirker is assigned a smaller share of total production because team ...
Dunn, Malcolm, 2014
5
Egalitarianism: New Essays on the Nature and Value of Equality
To illustrate one strategy, consider a variation on the chronic shirker case, suggested by Ronald Dworkin. Imagine a second individual, just as work-shy as the chronic shirker, who did not grow up 'in a desperately poor urban slum with high ...
Nils Holtug, Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, 2006
6
The Art of Falconry: Being the De Arte Venandi Cum Avibus of ...
The shirker, if slipped at a weak or injured crane, will take it; but the coward will not touch any prey, injured or uninjured, weak or strong, so long as her fear lasts. When a coward is exercised with the train that has been prepared with a strong ...
Frederick II (Holy Roman Emperor), Casey Albert Wood, Florence Marjorie Fyfe, 1943
7
The Empire Strikes Back: Outsiders and the Struggle Over ...
The dean and the shirker share the common aspiration of tranquillity. The dean survives by compromise,a reality that the shirker exploits for sur- vival.The shirker is aware that the dean will be gone in four years and will accept his annual ...
Arthur Austin, 1998
8
Popular Mechanics
Not all foods with salt in them taste salty; many can fool you. Our saltmeter project will let you measure salt content accurately. New Horizons, 1 Penn Plaza, Suite 100 , New York,. Our PM Salt Shirker comes to the rescue of people worried ...
9
Shared Capitalism at Work: Employee Ownership, Profit and ...
about the same proportion say it is very likely they would talk to the shirker as to a manager.5 To move from hypothetical responses to actual behavior, in some company surveys we added a question, “Have you ever seen one of your fellow ...
Douglas L. Kruse, Richard B. Freeman, Joseph R. Blasi, 2010
10
Delphi Complete Works of John Galsworthy (Illustrated)
The tacticianwastedno time in vain regret. Establish Calliope in the betting andlayoff! The time had cometo utilise The Shirker. It wasmisty on theDowns — fineweather mistof a bright October.The three horses became spectral on theirway to the ...
John Galsworthy, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHIRKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shirker is used in the context of the following news items.
1
One of my recruits has become a shirker: what can I do?
Q: I don't like to admit it because I recruited him three years ago, but it's increasingly clear that one of my reports has become a shirker. He now does just enough ... «Management Today, Jul 15»
2
Why it's hard to separate the shirkers from the workers in your team
Some people defiantly work harder than others. Some just give the impression they do. Some managers think they can identify the shirker from the worker. «Communitycare.co.uk, Jun 15»
3
Gang-gang 100 Years Ago: Outing The Shirkers
"Thousands of healthy, unattached shirkers are remaining in safety at home, daily reading of the glorious deeds of heroism performed by our brave lads at the ... «The Canberra Times, Jun 15»
4
Cameron's workers v shirkers scam has at last exposed the Tory law …
'What comes screaming out of the LSE report is that getting by means falling behind on rent or into debt; managing means eating less or going without heat. «The Guardian, Mar 15»
5
Robbie Savage SLAMS Liverpool 'shirker' Raheem Sterling for …
"In the past, you could always spot the shirkers who didn't fancy a game because they would produce a sicknote for a twisted sock if they thought the manager ... «Express.co.uk, Oct 14»
6
Well-liked Southern Humboldt Man Discovered Dead
“Never a Shirker:” Walker volunteered regularly for many organizations. He worked with Tan Oak Park, a Leggett based non-profit dedicated to supporting ... «Lost Coast Outpost, Oct 14»
7
Germany's New Foreign Policy: Same Reluctance to Fight
“Some -- both at home and abroad -- have a quick and simplistic answer: they regard Germany as the shirker in the international community,” Gauck said in a ... «Bloomberg, Oct 14»
8
Office Woes: The 15 Most Annoying People We Have to Deal With …
The Smooth Work-Shirker: 'Hiiiiii... Listen. I have to rush for this appointment. Can you please take care of 'a,b,c,d,e and f' for me? Thanks! You're amaaaaazing.' «NDTV, Jul 14»
9
Another Ampatuan massacre 'shirker' promoted general
How was the Nov. 2009 Maguindanao massacre pulled off with such impunity? Obviously it was with police-military complicity, or at least negligence. «Philippine Star, Jun 14»
10
Cash for Obamacare Shirkers
The worker — or rather, shirker — also spilled the beans on how his colleagues are “told to sit at their computers and hit the refresh button every 10 minutes. «National Review Online, May 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Shirker [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/shirker>. Apr 2024 ».
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