Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of serving as a soldier; the state of being a soldier; the occupation of a soldier.2. (n.) The act of feigning to work Thesaurus bickering boggling captiousness caviling chicane chicanery clock-watching ducking equivocation evasion fencing goofing off hairsplitting hedging logic-chopping malingering nit-picking paltering parrying pettifoggery prevarication pussyfooting quibbling shifting shirking shuffle shuffling sidestepping skulking slacking soldiering subterfuge suppressio veri tax dodging tax evasion tergiversation trichoschistism truancy weasel words welshing |