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What is another word for
shirk
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▲
Verb
Avoid, get out of responsibility
To move stealthily or furtively
To avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility)
To suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust
To avoid providing a clear answer or statement
To abscond or play truant from school or work
To consciously evade an encounter with someone
Avoid work
To disregard the rules and refuse to conform
To spend one's time in an aimless, idle way
To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers
To pass or spend (time) in idleness
To act or move slowly or lazily
Noun
One who shirks a duty or responsibility
A quick and nimble move, typically to elude
A person who lacks courage
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▲
Verb
▲
Avoid, get out of responsibility
avoid
dodge
evade
shun
sidestep
duck
neglect
miss
shuffle off
skip
elude
escape
eschew
finesse
forget
scape
shake
body-swerve
cut
duck-shove
funk
get out of
let something slide
not attend
scrimshank
shrink from
bludge
bypass
cheat
creep
dog
fence
get around
leave something undone
parry
play truant from
quit
run away from
skimp on
slide out of
be lax about
be remiss about
bob off
duck out of
lose sight of
not attend to
shuffle out of
skive off
weasel out of
cop out of
pay little attention to
pay no attention to
slough off
wriggle out of
lie down on job
steer clear of
skirt
circumvent
bilk
shake off
skirt round
beat
shortcut
give the slip
reject
fend off
give the slip to
escape from
get away from
turn your back on
go around
ignore
disregard
spurn
abandon
decline
flee
juke
ditch
turn back on
skive
give a wide berth to
find a way round
overlook
renege
forsake
repudiate
renounce
lose
desert
shy from
dance around
leave behind
back out of
outmanoeuvre
UK
shy
pay no heed to
slip away from
pay no mind
take no notice of
outmaneuver
US
skip out on
have nothing to do with
stay clear of
welsh
tergiversate
default
discount
refrain from
brush off
outrun
swerve
slip
pussyfoot around
overpass
dispense with
avert
outflank
block
abstain
pussyfoot
omit
abdicate
pull out of
throw off the scent
back out
tune out
forgo
prevent
abstain from
outwit
fail
shuck
refuse
kick
thwart
foil
fly
stay away from
preclude
resist
pretermit
ward off
fail to pay
hold off
give up
turn away from
find a way out of
fight shy of
get round
pass over
stave off
give a wide berth
shy away from
keep your distance
keep clear of
recoil from
be indifferent
turn aside
balk at
be derelict
end-run
let lapse
be remiss
fail to look after
keep at arm's length
give the runaround
duck out
be careless
anticipate
trick
skulk
fudge
weasel
rationalize
US
backpedal
withdraw
excuse
revoke
jouk
keep out of the way of
deke
slight
run away
wriggle
throw off
disown
overcome
goldbrick
malinger
put the move on
stymie
outpace
outstrip
outdistance
clear
shut eyes to
back down
back off
weasel out
get out
use pretext
have alibi
rationalise
UK
cop out
lose track of
not remember
fail to remember
fake
find a way around
get past
work around
frustrate
extricate oneself from
let something go downhill
let something go to seed
duck out of the way of
swerve away from
get out of the way of
rid
sneak away from
get rid of
get ahead of
deflect
double
opt out
cast aside
hide from
be oblivious to
repel
rebuff
unheed
keep one's distance from
lay low from
unmind
turn a blind eye to
tergiverse
stay shy of
run from
slip through the net
run around
get away
be beyond
slip through your fingers
repulse
shirk from
burke
counter
fake out
keep off
balk
US
give something a miss
baulk
UK
baffle
short-circuit
en garde
keep at bay
rebuke
shield yourself from
forestall
hold at bay
take back road
go around the barn
wink at
blink at
depart from
deviate from
stop
slip through the net of
lead on a merry chase
escape the clutches of
slip out
break away from
sneak away
rat
backtrack
backslide
levant
welch
stay away
forbear
restrain from
withstand
steer clear
desist
dishonor
US
swindle
stiff
defraud
dishonour
UK
skate
zigzag
abjure
forswear
slalom
break the habit of
neutralise
UK
keep from
help
forbear from
dismiss
relinquish
disavow
sacrifice
jink
contemn
defer
discard
go into arrears
run out on
break your word
leave town
put on the cuff
fail to honour
meet under arch
fall behind
see in the alley
not pay
underestimate
elide
depreciate
overleap
postpone
procrastinate
scant
disclaim
disdain
deny
drop
abnegate
weave
withhold from
desist from
interfere with
deny oneself
make up for
check
nullify
obviate
impede
counterbalance
do without
prohibit
hinder
head off
leave off
negate
neutralize
US
arrest
counteract
gainsay
disaffirm
refrain
bolt
dart
fail to care for
slur over
laugh off
set aside
trifle with
be irresponsible
think little of
gloss over
be negligent
pass up
fail to provide for
not trouble oneself
not care
throw to the winds
be remiss in
let go
not care for
make light of
let pass
procrastinate over
brush aside
leave alone
live with
look the other way
turn a deaf ear to
shrug off
dive
swear off
jump
spring
lunge
shift
leap
veer
renege on
let well enough alone
have no truck with
not touch
pack in
jack in
more ❯
“I do not
shirk
any responsibility in this matter.”
Verb
▲
To move stealthily or furtively
slink
sneak
steal
slip
skulk
slide
lurk
pussyfoot
snake
mouse
mooch
creep
sidle
prowl
tiptoe
pad
edge
glide
move furtively
slope
ghost
slither
stalk
loiter
gumshoe
snoop
crawl
pass
flit
ooze
go stealthily
pass quietly
move secretly
move stealthily
insinuate oneself
ease
case
sidestep
worm
wind
wriggle
move quietly
insinuate
creep around
go furtively
wander
nose
shuffle
move with stealth
soft-shoe
pick your way
tread warily
watch your step
coast
skitter
inch
writhe
advance stealthily
squirm
belly
worm your way
hide
guide
skid
glissade
undulate
skate
move
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
move slowly
lie in wait
advance slowly
nose one's way
ease oneself
ease one's way
inch one's way
encroach
trail
grovel
ambush
move on hands and knees
wait in the shadows
conceal yourself
lie in wait for
lay in wait for
waylay
sinuate
stream
tread
sweep
roam
scavenge
range
rove
hunt
cruise
tilt
veer
saunter
walk
move lightly
sidle up
patrol
scrabble
tramp
stroll
clamber
steer
squeeze
nose around
drag
work
induce
remove
hang around
handle
extricate
right
pull oneself along
drag oneself along
push gently
slip by
slip past
move carefully
draw out
go on all fours
go on belly
pull oneself
move unnoticed
walk quietly
drag oneself
crawl along
move on all fours
approach unnoticed
crawl on all fours
more ❯
Verb
▲
To avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility)
malinger
skive
slack
scrimshank
bludge
idle
skulk
wag
be negligent
be remiss
goldbrick
gold-brick
play truant
skive off
bob off
dodge the column
goof off
play hookey
play the wag
swing the lead
evade one's duty
dodge
bunk off
sham
truant
mitch off
cut
fake illness
feign illness
avoid work
evade
sidestep
shun
duck
pretend to be ill
put it on
neglect
flag
relax
ditch
mitch
desert
pretend to be an invalid
doss
mooch
be absent
absent yourself
be inactive
waste time
be indolent
run away
be lazy
take it easy
bag it
be AWOL
hop the wag
stay away from school
go missing
play the hop
not go to school
hook Jack
play hooky
slack off
lounge about
sit back and do nothing
more ❯
“He was sacked for
shirking
.”
Verb
▲
To suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust
baulk
UK
balk
US
cringe
flinch
recoil
blench
quail
start
shrink
dodge
falter
shudder
shy
cower
quake
demur
swerve
duck
reel
flinch from
recoil from
pull back
draw back
wince
jerk
jolt
buck
jump
squinch
waver
twitch
tremble
react
jump back
shrink back
evade
avoid
eschew
shun
escape
elude
shy away
back away
hang back
jib at
baulk at
turn away
quail at
fight shy of
boggle at
blanch
retreat
get cold feet
back off
grovel
shrink away
quiver
take fright
shake
shiver
crouch
squirm
withdraw
refuse
jib
show fear
fall back
hesitate
faint
droop
quaver
hide
grimace
have cold feet
rear
shake with fear
gasp
scowl
turn
pull a face
startle
bolt
make a face
retire
slink
shy at
stop short
stop at
pull up
retreat from
stop short at
rebel
shrink from
feel repugnance
spring back
start back
jerk back
show repugnance
pull back from
shy away from
more ❯
Verb
▲
To avoid providing a clear answer or statement
weasel
hedge
equivocate
waffle
tergiversate
fudge
pussyfoot
dodge
duck
sidestep
circumvent
elude
baulk
UK
balk
US
eschew
shuck
flee
renege
welsh
get around
cop out
hem and haw
lay low
put off
slip out
sneak away
tap dance
beat around the bush
give the runaround
dance around an issue
worm one's way out of
prevaricate
flannel
evade
vacillate
beat about the bush
avoid
fence
shilly-shally
be non-committal
parry questions
evade the issue
hum and haw
sit on the fence
stall
quibble
stonewall
be evasive
dodge the issue
fudge the issue
blow hot and cold
mince words
duck the question
shuffle
skirt
bypass
parry
temporize
US
tergiverse
temporise
UK
be vague
avoid the issue
duck the issue
pussyfoot around
skirt round
be noncommittal
get out of
find a way round
beg the question
shuffle about
pass the buck
cop a plea
sidestep the issue
falsify
ramble
misrepresent
skirt the issue
play it close to the vest
hesitate
shuffle around
give the run around
be indecisive
hedge your bets
flip-flop
shift ground about
not pay
not give a straight answer to
fend off
cop out of
beat around bush
be equivocal about
beat about the bush about
be evasive about
quibble about
avoid answering
escape
skip
beat
shortcut
body-swerve
steer clear of
skip out on
dance around
shake
ditch
give a wide berth to
juke
give the slip
put the move on
go around
shake off
palter
cavil
jive
con
adumbrate
subtilize
lie
fib
be ambiguous
stall for time
tell white lie
mince matters
run around
cover up
give run around
straddle the fence
cloud the issue
double-talk
deceive
shift
fabricate
invent
distort
dither
misstate
exaggerate
dissemble
garble
misspeak
belie
phony up
put on
give a false colour to
stretch the truth
more ❯
Verb
▲
To abscond or play truant from school or work
bunk
skip
avoid
bag
cut
ditch
truant from
goof off
mitch off
play truant from
skive off
be absent from
not go to
play hookey from
stay away from
bunk off
hop the wag from
play the wag from
play hooky
Verb
▲
To consciously evade an encounter with someone
avoid
shun
snub
spurn
cold-shoulder
dodge
elude
evade
ignore
bilk
keep away from
keep clear of
steer clear of
have nothing to do with
hide from
keep one's distance from
shrink from
stay away from
cut dead
cut someone cold
give someone the brush-off
give someone the go-by
give the cold shoulder to
recoil from
reject
eschew
turn away from
balk at
give the cold shoulder
rebuff
ostracize
US
cut
snout
ostracise
UK
stiff-arm
give the brush
freeze out
look right through someone
leave alone
shy away from
give the bum's rush
send to Coventry
fight shy of
give a wide berth to
slight
high-hat
blank
stiff
pretend not to see
turn your back on
look straight through
repudiate
dismiss
decline
scorn
refuse
disdain
ditch
neglect
stay clear of
turn back on
stay shy of
have no part in
stand aloof from
give the runaround
shy from
have no part of
not touch
give a wide berth
brush off
tell someone where to get off
knock back
body-swerve
palm off
put down
pass up
turn down
shake off
disregard
discount
repulse
coldshoulder
disown
give the brushoff
give someone the big E
snub one's nose at
give someone the air
leave out in the cold
cast aside
scout
chill
act cool
cut out
keep at arm's length
not give time of day
look through
ice out
take no notice of
deprecate
denigrate
diminish
disparage
discredit
blackball
jilt
blacklist
desert
discard
disclaim
excommunicate
abjure
repel
abnegate
exclude
drop
forsake
disfellowship
unfriend
shut out
hand someone the frozen mitt
leave off
break with
have nothing more to do with
cut off
bin off
give someone the push
unfollow
despise
swear off
kick in the teeth
cast out
give the elbow
tell someone to get lost
brush aside
sweep aside
more ❯
Verb
▲
Avoid work
goof off
avoid work
bum around
coast
diddle
dog it
doodle
drag your feet
featherbed
fiddle around
fluff off
fool around
hang around
hang out
horse around
lollygag
mess around
monkey around
putz around
screw off
slack
take it easy
Verb
▲
To disregard the rules and refuse to conform
disobey
defy
contravene
violate
infringe
flout
infract
disregard
transgress
ignore
resist
overstep
oppose
rebel
revolt
riot
counteract
challenge
mutiny
strike
mock
insurrect
neglect
withstand
baulk
UK
balk
US
dare
decline
desert
differ
disagree
evade
misbehave
object
recalcitrate
revolution
revolutionise
UK
revolutionize
US
go against
rebel against
fail to observe
fail to comply with
refuse to obey
fly in the face of
set at naught
set aside
run riot
dig your heels in
cock a snook at
be remiss
break rules
not heed
not listen
not mind
pay no heed to
break the rules
refuse to comply
rise in arms
go counter to
fly in face of
pay no attention to
take law into own hands
break
breach
offend
trespass
fracture
traduce
kick against
commit a breach of
encroach
fight
transgress against
spurn
dissent
repudiate
rise up
be insubordinate
take no notice of
run amok
contradict
exceed
reject
protest
buck
go beyond
demonstrate
combat
remonstrate
rampage
denounce
renounce
not comply with
take to the streets
be in breach of
come out against
disagree with
bypass
scout
veto
despise
contemn
encroach upon
tresspass against
renege on
fall foul of
violate law
set your face against
hurl defiance at
thumb nose at
take no account of
leave out
ride roughshod over
refuse to accept the authority of
kick over the traces
be at odds with
rock the boat
get out of line
secede
break with
make waves
turn against
agitate
rage against
fight against
struggle against
arise
campaign
thwart
cross
stage a rebellion
rise up in arms
take up arms
mount a rebellion
stir up trouble
go on rampage
stage
mount the barricades
rise
offend against
disobey authority
oppose authority
resist authority
defy authority
go on strike
take part in an uprising
refuse to obey orders
take part in an insurrection
kick over
rise against
more ❯
Verb
▲
To spend one's time in an aimless, idle way
loaf
idle
lounge
laze
loll
dawdle
dally
chill
relax
bum
lazy
dillydally
footle
drone
loiter
vegetate
drift
slack
mooch
skive
saunter
stall
trifle
goldbrick
stroll
malinger
dream
evade
piddle
kick back
hang about
veg out
goof off
kick around
waste time
hack around
hang around
do nothing
kill time
take it easy
lounge around
slow down
hang out
lie around
fritter away time
sit around
be idle
bum around
be inactive
while away the time
pass time
fool around
hang round
mooch about
mooch around
fritter away
twiddle thumbs
let down
knock around
take things easy
while away hours
be indolent
be slothful
be unoccupied
stand around
not lift a finger
shirk one's duties
laze around
laze about
loaf about
loaf around
loll around
lollygag
potter
bask
languish
lounge about
linger
bat
stagnate
tarry
mope
moon
creep
wait
loll about
shilly-shally
lie about
dilly-dally
pass the time
idle away time
fill in time
mark time
sit on one's hands
consume time
idle away the hours
amuse oneself
chill out
mess around
while away time
delay
lag
fiddle
wander
meander
slouch
moulder
UK
doss
crawl
diddle
degenerate
fritter
unwind
drag
sprawl
poke
slummock
amble
lallygag
droop
stooge
molder
US
slouch about
slouch around
stay
bat around
bat back and forth
bat about
go to seed
fritter time away
while away
put off
do nothing in particular
kick your heels
vacillate
deteriorate
exist
recline
hang
decay
hibernate
weaken
remain
haunt
hover
frequent
skulk
lie
futz
daydream
veg
stooge around
chillax
drone away
go to pot
be inert
rest
burn daylight
lie dormant
fiddle around
lie down on job
mess about
procrastinate
while
dog it
putter
boondoggle
piddle around
while away the hours
piddle about
hang loose
bludge
take a breather
put your feet up
take five
take a break
fool away
trail
be slow
flop about
flop around
potter around
toddle
diddle-daddle
plod
potter about
hang fire
sit back
potter round
horse around
fool with
play games
trifle with
fool about
lay on one's oars
fanny about
bob off
sit back and do nothing
rest on your oars
warm a chair
shlep along
drag your feet
scrounge around
sit on one's butt
take your time
get no place fast
roam
ramble
rove
traipse
range
gallivant
cruise
galavant
float
stray
straggle
deviate
maunder
knock about
gad about
goof around
do nothing much
beat the meat
stand still
come to a halt
spin one's wheels
fart around
grind to a halt
decline
neglect
flag
twiddle
dodge
fribble
doodle
clown
be lazy
play
slack off
bunk off
puddle
mosey around
putter around
monkey around
muck about
futz around
fiddle about
act the fool
play around
scrimshank
wag
stifle
gold-brick
be remiss
be negligent
play truant
skive off
become stagnant
lie fallow
not move
be sluggish
stay the same
remain unchanged
dodge the column
play hookey
play the wag
evade one's duty
swing the lead
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Verb
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To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers
fence
hedge
equivocate
prevaricate
vacillate
tergiversate
flannel
waffle
dodge
quibble
sidestep
parry
evade
stall
stonewall
cavil
palter
shift
shilly-shally
be evasive
be non-committal
dodge the issue
parry questions
beat about the bush
be vague
sidestep the issue
fudge the issue
be ambiguous
duck the issue
duck the question
pussyfoot around
mince words
pussyfoot
fudge
weasel
hum and haw
temporize
US
temporise
UK
beg the question
hem and haw
sit on the fence
avoid the issue
beat around the bush
lie
shuffle
fib
jive
con
evade the issue
stall for time
blow hot and cold
shuffle about
tergiverse
flip-flop
deceive
skirt the issue
be noncommittal
play it close to the vest
fabricate
waver
invent
distort
falsify
misrepresent
dither
misstate
exaggerate
dissemble
garble
misspeak
belie
dodge the question
straddle an issue
play your cards close to your chest
give nothing away
put off
phony up
put on
stretch the truth
give a false colour to
circumvent
bypass
avoid
balk
US
adumbrate
duck
subtilize
baulk
UK
fend off
skirt round
avoid answering
be equivocal about
be evasive about
quibble about
cop out
tell white lie
mince matters
run around
cover up
give run around
pass the buck
cop a plea
straddle the fence
cloud the issue
double-talk
get out of
not pay
not give a straight answer to
cop out of
beat around bush
find a way round
beat about the bush about
hesitate
delude
mislead
trick
procrastinate
pretend
hoodwink
bluff
dupe
hoax
fake
snow
pervert
tell stories
tell untruths
feign
string along
lead astray
fool
delay
beguile
misdirect
misguide
tarry
snooker
bamboozle
misinform
be indecisive
sucker
cozen
hang back
perjure
trump up
gain time
make believe
burn
buffalo
use delaying tactics
be economical with the truth
tell a white lie
take in
have on
play for time
forge
throw off the scent
put on the wrong track
send on a wild goose chase
suck in
fake out
lead on
pull the wool over someone's eyes
lead up the garden path
do a number on
take for a ride
concoct
dissimulate
fluctuate
falter
swither
simulate
hatch
hold back
make up
hang fire
scam
filibuster
disinform
bilk
hose
swindle
kid
inveigle
shaft
cheat
tell untruth
doublespeak
hornswoggle
gaff
defer
defraud
outfox
tell a lie
depart from the truth
gammon
propagandize
US
have
humbug
spoof
juggle
betray
make up a story
forswear oneself
ensnare
victimize
US
victimise
UK
bait
outwit
invent a story
not tell the truth
mousetrap
gull
catch
propagandise
UK
create out of thin air
forswear
tell a terminological inexactitude
lie to
bear false witness
commit perjury
spin a yarn
tell lies
rip off
rope in
give wrong information to
kick the can down the road
pull a swifty on
put on an act
give someone a bum steer
wrong steer
put up smoke screen
lead down the garden path
put on false front
pull a fast one on
bait and switch
pull one's leg
double-cross
skirt
ramble
haver
blather
diddle
entrap
dream up
conjure up
dilly-dally
shift ground about
shuck
take advantage of
play for a sucker
swear falsely
lie under oath
phony
US
fast-talk
devise
illude
rook
bunk
hedge your bets
shuffle around
give the run around
phoney
UK
overreach
entangle
enmesh
caboodle
impose on
postpone
change
distract
divert
shillyshally
lead up garden path
play trick on
give the wrong impression
put one over on
seesaw
take one's time
drag your feet
hold over
buy time
be unable to decide
be irresolute
change mind
be unable to make up your mind
yo-yo
gaslight
bull
overdraw
misinstruct
tell a falsehood
tell an untruth
be untruthful
concoct a story
not speak the truth
fake it
perjure oneself
break promise
be forsworn
say something untrue
put up a front
BS
lie through one's teeth
lack candor
promote
plant
shovel
avoid committing oneself
use Fabian tactics
play a waiting game
avoid making a decision
take your time
tell a fib
create fiction
speak with forked tongue
tell a little white lie
pull someone's leg
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▲
To pass or spend (time) in idleness
idle
fritter
pass
while
laze
employ
fill
loiter
occupy
spend
use
beguile
devote
dissipate
expend
kill
waste
fill in
fill up
take up
use up
while away
fritter away
idle away
allocate
blow
Verb
▲
To act or move slowly or lazily
lollygag
dally
dawdle
diddle
dillydally
drag
crawl
creep
lag
loiter
mope
poke
slack
tarry
delay
linger
procrastinate
shilly-shally
fall behind
mark time
take one's time
drag your feet
drop behind
hang fire
lallygag
idle
hang around
dilly-dally
loaf
waste time
hang about
plod
straggle
goof off
hang out
fool around
put off
mooch
loll
horse around
bum around
mess around
lag behind
take your time
get no place fast
drift
trail
lounge
hesitate
saunter
slouch
bat
stall
dither
moon
doodle
pause
monkey around
fiddle around
trifle
kill time
potter around
kick around
limp
inch
fiddle
laze
languish
shuffle
lazy
potter
droop
stooge
chill
falter
stay
stagger
temporize
US
wait
hang back
filibuster
bum
vacillate
be slow
amble
trail behind
temporise
UK
go slowly
while away time
potter about
move slowly
putter
potter round
not keep pace
kick back
warm a chair
goof around
stay put
sit around
fritter away
hack around
slow down
veg out
stroll
mosey
twiddle
doss
fribble
fluff off
coast
take it easy
dog it
avoid work
featherbed
screw off
putz around
be long
be dilatory
be tardy
stonewall
play
stooge around
hang on
play for time
play a waiting game
totter
put off doing something
use delaying tactics
hold back
let the grass grow under one's feet
be indecisive
wait around
hum and haw
buy time
nose
futz around
putter around
snail
toddle
diddle-daddle
ooze
fritter time away
draggle
shlep along
scrounge around
sit on one's butt
creak along
bide
limp along
creep along
appear to pass slowly
hang heavy
go on and on
become tedious
advance slowly
go on too long
wear on
go at a snail's pace
hang round
lose time
relax
fritter away time
consume time
burn daylight
sit on one's hands
amuse oneself
idle away the hours
do nothing in particular
lounge about
pass the time
while away the time
loll around
idle away time
laze about
twiddle thumbs
fill in time
chill out
footle
drone
wander
meander
tail
trudge
drop
fall back
drop back
be behind
bring up the rear
fall off
slow up
inch along
drag behind
waver
defer
stop
hold off
sit tight
postpone
haver
halt
rest
hedge
fluctuate
hold on
swither
think twice
gain time
equivocate
oscillate
hang
prevaricate
kick the can down the road
hold your horses
take too long
obstruct
be undecided
deliberate
pussyfoot around
hover
abide
blow hot and cold
beat about the bush
discontinue
cease
teeter
put on hold
drag your heels
bide your time
wobble
scruple
tergiversate
wabble
adjourn
shillyshally
remain
be unsure
be uncertain
desist
dwell
refrain from
sit on the fence
await
hem and haw
reside
take five
put something off
take no action
take a breather
take a break
squat
stop briefly
lodge
have a breather
call time
avoid doing something
perch
nest
bunk
roost
take ten
hold over
keep on
lie in wait
be patient
sweat it out
let up
hold your fire
keep from doing something
hold the fort
be left
stick around
stay behind
refuse
avoid
rebuff
evade
see-saw
be irresolute
yo-yo
resist
get cold feet
balance
be ambivalent
adopt Fabian tactics
take time
block
be in two minds
faff about
retard
prolong
protract
palter
piddle
use dilatory tactics
slow-walk
goldbrick
cool
hinder
stand
distract
divert
stick
settle
put on the back burner
prevent
be evasive
defer action
let something slide
take a raincheck
endure
remain behind
put down roots
continue
outstay
establish yourself
stay out
establish oneself
employ delaying tactics
fiddle about
take one's own sweet time
postpone action
refrain
stall for time
avoid committing oneself
surcease
use Fabian tactics
avoid making a decision
suspend action
avoid the issue
beat around the bush
sojourn
fill time
keep your shirt on
bivouac
overstay
live
inhabit
cling
break
countdown
look forward
stay over
lie low
hold the phone
sit up for
make camp
stay tuned
hold one's breath
stand by
wait on
kick your heels
cool your heels
save it
sweat it
stay up for
hang onto your hat
wait patiently
cool it
hold everything
stay on
wait in the wings
suspend
alternate
interrupt
reflect
sideline
shake
demur
seesaw
pussyfoot
stumble
break off
doubt
balk
US
boggle
flounder
ponder
mammer
debate
weigh
baulk
UK
take a breath
pull up
be doubtful
stop what you're doing
come to standstill
catch one's breath
break it up
be hesitant
shy away
be reluctant
be unwilling
pull back
think about
sit on fence
more ❯
Noun
▲
One who shirks a duty or responsibility
shirker
slacker
idler
malingerer
skiver
piker
scrimshanker
absentee
clock-watcher
cyberslacker
dodger
goldbrick
layabout
loafer
quitter
truant
avoider
bludger
bum
deadbeat
duck-shover
good-for-nothing
goof-off
lazybones
slouch
wag
habitual absentee
gold brick
lazy person
evader
sidestepper
abstainer
sluggard
lounger
do-nothing
slugabed
laggard
drone
slug
waster
wastrel
slob
ne'er-do-well
couch potato
lotus-eater
lead-swinger
no-good
loser
sloth
vagrant
goldbricker
debtor
derelict
dawdler
timewaster
freeloader
beachcomber
slowcoach
lollygagger
rogue
fainéant
no-goodnik
no-account
sponger
passenger
work-dodger
cheat
time-waster
loiterer
straggler
slowpoke
wanderer
faineant
saddo
cadger
scoundrel
rascal
nonpayer
defaulter
delinquent
clock watcher
scally
squatter
welcher
Wearie Willie
lazy bum
scalawag
black sheep
vagabond
incompetent
worthless
scrounger
lingerer
shilly-shallier
snail
lotus eater
moocher
useless article
dropout
lagger
delayer
saunterer
crawler
dragger
dallier
plodder
non-payer
foot-dragger
runaway
slow starter
deserter
non-attender
bilker
levanter
welsher
no-show
slubberdegullion
debt dodger
tax dodger
hooky player
draft dodger
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Noun
▲
A quick and nimble move, typically to elude
juke
dodge
sidestep
duck
dummy
fake
swerve
shake
evasion
fake out
two-step
Euro step
dart
spring
bolt
dive
jump
leap
thrust-avoiding leap
lunge
dash
feint
swoop
volt
Noun
▲
A person who lacks courage
coward
sissy
weakling
chicken
poltroon
wimp
milksop
craven
baby
recreant
dastard
funk
jellyfish
cur
mouse
caitiff
sook
deserter
quitter
pessimist
yellow
faintheart
runaway
shirker
sneak
invertebrate
dingo
skulker
alarmist
gutless
malingerer
rabbit
namby-pamby
fraidy-cat
scaredy-cat
yellow-belly
yellow belly
faint-heart
faint-of-heart
big baby
chicken heart
chicken liver
lily liver
scaredy cat
scaredy pants
white liver
wuss
pansy
pantywaist
Milquetoast
snowflake
jessie
wet
wussy
softie
crybaby
weed
momma's boy
pushover
drip
cupcake
mollycoddle
doormat
moffie
reed
softy
chinless wonder
cry-baby
cream puff
ponce
nancy
big girl's blouse
nebbish
daisy
nancy boy
milquetoast
cad
yellowbelly
varlet
sisspot
ninny
runt
weak person
mummy's boy
dotard
misfit
walk-over
wheyface
base fellow
timid person
fraidy cat
loser
puppy
schlemiel
featherweight
puss
weenie
nestle-cock
jelly
ineffective person
sick man
gutless wonder
hothouse plant
meek soul
weak soul
unworthy opponent
man of straw
feeble opponent
not a force to be reckoned with
weak sister
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