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scrimshank

scrimshank verb: to shirk duty.

Verb

scrimshank (third-person singular simple present scrimshanks, present participle scrimshanking, simple past and past participle scrimshanked)

  1. (UK, slang) To shirk duty.

scrimshank meaning in Tamil and Bengali

scrimshank in Tamil

கட்மை நழுவவிடு

scrimshank in Bengali

কর্তব্য ফাঁকি দেওয়া

Forms of scrimshank

third-person singular presentscrimshanks
present participlescrimshanking
past participlescrimshanked
pastscrimshanked

Origin of scrimshank

Unclear. One hypothesis is that it derives from (the noun scrimshanker, from) scrimp + swanker (old military slang for someone who works hard).

Words formed from scrimshank

Questions about scrimshank

What does scrimshank mean?
Scrimshank means to shirk duty.
What is scrimshank in Tamil?
Scrimshank in Tamil is கட்மை நழுவவிடு. See Scrimshank meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scrimshank?
Scrimshank is a verb.
What is the past tense of scrimshank?
The past tense of scrimshank is scrimshanked.

Words near scrimshank in the dictionary

  1. scrims
  2. scrimshander
  3. scrimshandered
  4. scrimshandering
  5. scrimshanders
  6. scrimshank
  7. scrimshanked
  8. scrimshanker
  9. scrimshankers
  10. scrimshanking
  11. scrimshanks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scrimshank (page history and authors); scrimshank (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scrimshank (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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