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shrug
[shruhg]
verb (used with object)
to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc.
verb (used without object)
to raise and contract the shoulders.
noun
the movement of raising and contracting the shoulders.
a short sweater or jacket that ends above or at the waistline.
verb phrase
to disregard; minimize.
to shrug off an insult.
to rid oneself of.
to shrug off the effects of a drug.
shrug
/ ʃʌɡ /
verb
to draw up and drop (the shoulders) abruptly in a gesture expressing indifference, contempt, ignorance, etc
noun
the gesture so made
a woman's short jacket or close-fitting cardigan
Other Word Forms
- unshrugging adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of shrug1
Word History and Origins
Origin of shrug1
Example Sentences
“I used to know that,” he said with a shrug.
He’s heard critics who say foreign flags should not be carried in protests, but he shrugs it off.
They don’t want to come to work because they fear raids, but “we have to work,” he said with a resigned shrug.
After his fellow Oprah alum, Dr. Mehmet Oz, ran for the Senate last year, McGraw shrugged off the notion that he would ever follow suit, saying he “doesn’t know enough about it.”
Over lunch, “Britney shrugs and summons me like she has something to confess.”
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