different between shirk vs flinch

English

Etymology 1

First attested use in 1625–1635, apparently from association with shark (verb), or otherwise directly from German Schurke (“rogue, knave”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: shûk, IPA^(key): /???k/
• (General American) enPR: shûrk, IPA^(key): /??k/
• Rhymes: -??(r)k

Verb

shirk (third-person singular simple present shirks, present participle shirking, simple past and past participle shirked)

1. (transitive) To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:shirk

   • 1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers

     the usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties

2. (intransitive) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
   • September 7, 1830, Lord Byron, letter to Mr. Murray

     One of the cities shirked from the league.

3. (transitive) To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
   • 1635, Bishop Rainbow, Sermons

     You that never heard the call of any vocation, […] that shirk living from others, but time from yourselves.

Translations

Noun

shirk (plural shirks)

1. One who shirks, who avoids a duty or responsibility.

   Synonym: dodger

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic ?????? (širk).

Pronunciation

• (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /???k/

Noun

shirk (uncountable)

1. (Islam) The unforgivable sin of idolatry.
   • 2013, James R. White, What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Qur'an, Baker Books (?ISBN)

     A person can have committed shirk in their lifetime and still find forgiveness (especially by saying the Shahada and becoming a Muslim). The concept is that if one dies in this state (as a mushrik, an idolator, one who engages in and does not repent shirk), there is no forgiveness.

Related terms

• mushrik

Further reading

• shirk (Islam) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• Krish

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fl?nt?/
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Etymology 1

From Middle French flenchir (“to bend”), of Germanic origin. Compare Middle High German lenken (“to bend”). Attested in English since the 16th century.

Noun

flinch (plural flinches)

1. A reflexive jerking away.

   My eye doctor hates the flinch I have every time he tries to get near my eyes.

2. (croquet) The slipping of the foot from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.

Translations

See also

• (reflexive jerking away): cringe

Verb

flinch (third-person singular simple present flinches, present participle flinching, simple past and past participle flinched)

1. (intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe.
   • 1693 John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education:

     A child, by a constant course of kindness, may be accustomed to bear very rough usage without flinching or complaining.

2. To dodge (a question), to avoid an unpleasant task or duty
3. (croquet) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.

Translations

References

• “flinch” in the Collins English Dictionary
• “flinch”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Etymology 2

Verb

flinch (third-person singular simple present flinches, present participle flinching, simple past and past participle flinched)

1. Alternative form of flense

References

• “flinch” in the Collins English Dictionary