Synonyms of the word

shirk

• v. (transitive) To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
• v. (intransitive) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
• v. (transitive) To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
• n. one who shirks.
• n. (Islam) the unforgivable sin of idolatry.

avoid

• v. (transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor not to meet; to shun; to abstain from.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To make empty; to clear.
• v. (transitive, now law) To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
• v. (transitive, law) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To get rid of.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become void or vacant.

fiddle

• n. (music) Any of various bowed string instruments, often used to refer to a violin when played in any of…
• n. A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves shaped like the musical instrument.
• n. An adjustment intended to cover up a basic flaw.
• n. A fraud; a scam.
• n. (nautical) On board a ship or boat, a rail or batten around the edge of a table or stove to prevent objects…
• v. To play aimlessly.
• v. To adjust in order to cover a basic flaw or fraud etc.
• v. (music) To play traditional tunes on a violin in a non-classical style.
• v. To touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way, or tinker with something in an attempt…

goldbrick

• n. A gold brick, especially one that is fraudulent or nonexistent; (figuratively) a swindle, a con.
• n. (US slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer.
• n. (US slang, dated) A swindler.
• v. (US slang, dated) To shirk or malinger.
• v. (US slang, dated) To swindle.