Malingering

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Malinger \Ma*lin"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {MAlingered}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Malingering}.]
     To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or
     inability.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  malingering
       n : evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated;
           "they developed a test to detect malingering" [syn: {skulking}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "malingering":
     cagey, clock-watching, dodging, ducking, elusive, elusory, evasive,
     goofing off, shifty, shirking, skulking, slacking, slippery,
     soldiering, tax dodging, tax evasion, truancy, welshing