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multishirking

multishirking is the present participle and gerund of multishirk.

Meaning of multishirk

Verb

multishirk (third-person singular simple present multishirks, present participle multishirking, simple past and past participle multishirked)

  1. (humorous, neologism, slang) To do more than one non-work activity at once.
    • But in reality you are doing what one Dilbert reader calls multishirking, i.e., doing two nonwork activities at once.
      Multishirking is not only fun; it doubles the odds that an observer will think you're doing at least one work-related activity.1999 September 8, Scott Adams, The Joy of Work: Dilbert's Guide to Finding Happiness at the Expense of Your Co-Workers, Harper Paperbacks, →ISBN, →OL, page 53

Questions about multishirking

What is multishirking the present participle and gerund of?
Multishirking is the present participle and gerund of multishirk.

Words near multishirking in the dictionary

  1. multishippers
  2. multishipping
  3. multiships
  4. multishirk
  5. multishirked
  6. multishirking
  7. multishirks
  8. multishop
  9. multishot
  10. multishuttle
  11. multisialylated

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