Available Definitions:
1) v. t. - To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
2) v. t. - To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
3) v. i. - To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
4) v. i. - To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
5) n. - One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.