Reverse Dictionary: SHIRK

ADJECTIVES
► FAINT avoiding exertion, shirking, lazy, sluggish → c1325 obs.
► PIKER mean, shirking, cowardly → 1901 sl.

NOUNS
► GYPPO an avoidance or shirking of a duty; a shirker → 1978 S. Afr. sl.. orig. military
► MIKE a period of idleness or shirking → 1825 Brit. sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BACKSEAT DRIVER a lazy person, a shirker → 1998 rhyming sl. for ‘skiver’
► BEAT an idle, worthless, or shiftless fellow; a loafer; a layabout; a sponger; a shirker or malingerer → 1865 US
► COFFEE BOILER a lazy person; a shirker → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► COFFEE-COOLER one who seeks and secures a duty more congenial than his regular duties; one who is always looking for an easy job; a loafer, an idler, a shirker → 1886 Amer. dial.
► FUCK-OFF a person who wastes time; one who shirks responsibilities or duties; a lazy or apathetic person → 1948 US sl.
► FUNKER one who is a coward, a weakling, or a shirker → 1826 sl.
► NUT WORKER a person who woks out ways of avoiding hard work;a shirker → 1918 Aust. sl.
► OFFICE WORKER a shirker → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► OLD SOLDIER a lazy person; a shirker → 1805 US military sl.
► PIKER orig. a cautious or timid gambler who makes only small bets; one who plays for small stakes; hence, a person who takes no chances; a cowardly or stingy person; a shirker → 1859 colloq., orig. US, derogatory
► POLER a shirker → 1938 Aust. sl.
► SACK RAT a lazy person, overly fond of sleep; a chronic idler; a shirker → 1947 US sl. 
► SCONCER one who pretends to be ill in order to escape work, a shirker → 1904 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► SCRIMSHANK a malingerer or one who avoids duty → 1890 sl., orig. & chiefly services’ usage
► SCRIMSHANKER a malingerer or one who avoids duty → 1890 sl., orig. & chiefly services’ usage
► SKATE a mean, dishonest, or contemptible person → L19 US sl.
► SKIVER ► SKYVER a lazy person; a shirker → 1941 sl., orig. services’ usage
► SKULK one who skulks or hides himself; a shirker → 1847
► SLACK-ARSE a lazy, inefficient, negligent person; a shirker; an idler → 1971 Aust. sl. 
► SLACKER someone who avoids work or exertion; a lazy person → 1898 sl.
► SOONER an idler or shirker → 1892 Aust. sl.
► TIN-POTTER an idler, one who shirks their duties by claiming to be ill → 1867 nautical sl.

VERBS
► ABROGATE to evade, neglect, or renounce an obligation or duty; to shirk a responsibility → 1904
► BAG IT to feign illness in order to avoid one’s responsibilities → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BLUDGE to shirk responsibility or hard work; to impose on; to cadge or scrounge → 1919 sl.
► DINGO to back out of, to shirk → 1952 Aust. sl.
► DO A MIKE to pretend to be working; to hang about → 1892 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► DO A NEVER to shirk; to loaf → 1946 nautical sl.
► DODGE THE COLUMN to shirk one’s duty or avoid work → 1919 sl., orig. services’ usage
► DOG ► DOG IT to act lazily or half-heartedly; to shirk or avoid responsibility, risk, etc. → 1905 sl., orig. US
► DUCK AND DIVE to avoid or evade, esp. with regard to legality or responsibility; to dodge work; to shirk; hence, to avoid regular employment but make living nevertheless → 1960 UK rhyming sl. for ‘skive’ (to avoid or evade)
► FAINAIGUE ► FENEAGUE to fail of a promise, to play truant, to shirk work → 1854 Eng. dial.
► FALL DOWN ON THE JOB to fail at one’s responsibilities; to shirk an obligation → 1898 Amer. sl.
► FART OFF to fool around; to shirk one’s duties; to blunder through inattention; to procrastinate → 1968 Amer. sl.
► FERNIG to fail of a promise, to play truant, to shirk work → 1854 Eng. dial.
► FIDDLE-FART ► FIDDLE-FART AROUND to fool around, to waste time, to loaf, to dawdle, to shirk responsibility → 1972 Amer. sl.
► FIDDLEFUCK AROUND to fool around, to waste time, to loaf, to dawdle, to shirk responsibility → 1984 Amer. dial.
► FLINK to act like a coward; to shirk one’s duty → 1887 Amer. dial.
► FLUB THE DUB to loaf, to shirk one’s duty → 1946 Amer. dial.
► FLUFF to waste time, to shirk work → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FUCK THE DOG to shirk one’ s duties or responsibilities; to mess about or waste time → 1935 sl.
► FUNK to try to back out of anything; to fight shy of; to wish or try to shirk or evade an undertaking, duty, etc. → E19 sl.
► GOLDBRICK to evade duty; to shirk → World War I Amer. sl.
► GOOF ► GOOF OFF  to mess around instead of working; to idle or waste time; to shirk one’s duties → 1932 sl., orig. military
► GYPPO to dodge an unpleasant responsibility; to shirk a duty; to avoid something → 1971 S. Afr. sl.. orig. military
► HACK OFF to ignore one’s homework or other duties and do nothing → 1960s Amer. sl.
► JACK THE DOG to loaf, to shirk work → 1988 Amer. dial.
► JIB to shirk → 1811 colloq.
► KNOCK DOWN to act lazily; to shirk one’s work → 1950s Can. sl.
► LAG ► LAG OFF to shirk one’s duties → 1990s sl.
► LIE DOWN ON THE JOB to do less than one could or should do; to shirk one’s obligations → colloq.
► LURK to shirk work; to idle → 1551 obs.
► MIKE to loiter, to hang around idly or shirk work → 1859 Brit. sl.
► RAT ► RAT AROUND to idle about; to shirk work or school; to malinger; to lounge around doing nothing in particular → 1857 Amer. dial.
► SCAMP to do carelessly; to do work badly, inefficiently, or with bad materials; to shirk work → 1851 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
► SCONCE to feign illness, so as to escape having to work, to shirk work or duty → 1904 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► SCOW to loiter, to idle, to shirk work → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCOW-BANK to loiter, to idle about; to shirk work → 1868 Eng. dial.
► SCRIMSHANK to malinger or shirk one’s duty → 1890 sl., orig. & chiefly services’ usage
► SHAG-BAG to loiter, to lounge about; to shirk work → 19C Eng. dial.
► SKATE to avoid obligations; to shirk → 1945 US sl.
► SKIVE ►  SKYVE to shirk one’s duty or avoid work → 1919 sl., orig. services’ usage
► SLACK to be lazy; to avoid work → 1904 sl.
► SOJER to loiter, to lounge, to shirk work, to waste time → 1896 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SOLDIER to malinger, to shirk; to loaf → 1825 Amer. dial.
► SPRUCE to malinger or shirk one’s duty → 1917 Brit. sl., orig. services’ usage
► SWING THE LEAD to malinger or shirk one’s duty → 1917 Brit. sl.
► TAIGLE THE CLEEK to hold things up, to hinder progress; to shirk one’s work → 1951 Sc.
► TAISTER to dodge work, to slack, to be lazy → 1893 Sc. obs.
► THROW OFF to fail to exert oneself, to shirk → 1867 Amer. dial.
► WHIP THE CAT to shirk work and enjoy oneself on Monday → 1897 sl. (Bk.)