The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word EVADE which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2012.
Shirk crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EVADE | 42 % | 5 |
| AVOID | 25 % | 5 |
| MALINGER | 13 % | 8 |
| LIEDOWNONTHEJOB | 8 % | 15 |
| COPOUT | 4 % | 6 |
| GOLDBRICK | 4 % | 9 |
| ELUDE | 4 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shirk
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ware
- shrink from
- shun
- eschew
- avoid
- abandon
- deprive
- derogate
- renege
- abdicate
- obviate
- elude
Crossword Answer definitions
EVADE verb- To get away from by cunning; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to cleverly escape from
- To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
- To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result EVADE
- Sidestep
- Use a loophole
- Beat around the bush
- Circumvent
- Duck
- Fail to pay, as taxes
- Give the slip to
- Steer clear of
- Weasel out of
- Avoid
More clues leading to the result AVOID
- Sidestep
- Steer clear of
- Steer away from
- Duck
- Keep from occurring
- Stay clear of
- Shun
- Don't confront
- Get out of the way of
- Dodge
More clues leading to the result MALINGER
- Dodge work
- Avoid work
- Goldbrick
- Feign illness to avoid work
- Shirk or "goldbrick.”
- Feigh illness.
- Shirk.
- Fake illness
- Shirk
More clues leading to the result LIEDOWNONTHEJOB
- Dog it
- Shirk
- Goldbrick
- Shirk one's responsibilities
- Goof off
- Do auto-repair work
- Goof off at the office
- Fail to pull your load
- Emulate a slacker
- Slack off at work
More clues leading to the result COPOUT
- Lame excuse
- Poor excuse
- Evasion
- Renege
- Quit (on)
- Pretext
- Evasion of responsibility
- Shirk
- Shirker's excuse
- Use a flimsy excuse
More clues leading to the result GOLDBRICK
- Goof-off
- Loaf
- Avoider of work
- Loaf on the job.
- Worthless thing passed off as valuable.
- Malinger: Slang.
- Slacker
- Shirk
- Evade work
- ... for a loafer?