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Chirked vs Shirked - What's the difference?

chirked | shirked |

As verbs the difference between chirked and shirked

is that chirked is (chirk) while shirked is (shirk).

chirked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (chirk)

    • chirk

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (especially as chirk up) To become happier.
  • *'>citation
  • *{{quote-book, year=1908, author=Grace Livingston Hill Lutz, title=Marcia Schuyler, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Now you jest wipe your eyes and chirk up. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1894, author=Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), title=Tom Sawyer Abroad, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="Go ahead," he says, and I see Jim chirk up to listen. }}
  • (especially as chirk up) To make happier.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1912, author=Zona Gale, title=Christmas, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=But--" "Well, I think," said Mis' Jane Moran, "that we've hit on the only way we could have hit on to chirk each other up over a hard time." }}
  • To make the sound of a bird; to chirp.

    • Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (colloquial, US, chiefly, New England) lively; cheerful; in good spirits

    • Usage notes

    * The comparative and superlative forms of chirky'', chirkier''' and '''chirkiest , are sometimes used suppletively as comparative and superlative forms of ''chirk . ----

    shirked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (shirk)

    • shirk

    English

    Etymology 1

    First attested use in 1625 – 1635, apparently from association with shark (verb form), or from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
  • * Hare
    • the usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties
  • To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
    • If you have a job, don't shirk from it by staying off work.
  • * Byron
    • One of the cities shirked from the league.
  • To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
  • * Bishop Rainbow
    • You that never heard the call of any vocation, that shirk living from others, but time from yourselves.
    Synonyms
    * blow off (US) * goldbrick (dated)
    See also
    * malinger

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • one who shirks

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) (širk , "idolatry").

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Islam) the unforgivable sin of idolatry

    • References

    English heteronyms