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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
/ ʃ°ùʌɡ /
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 ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of shrug1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of shrug1
Example Sentences
The workers, who asked not to be named, mostly laughed and shrugged when asked about the sweeping new tariffs that were announced by Trump at the White House on Wednesday.
Ryan shrugged at the result as an exuberant Mayer celebrated the victory.
And the crowd that follows him doesn’t look much like rugged, self-sufficient, Ayn Rand-reading Atlases shrugging off the system, do they?
Congressional Republicans have strengthened their rebukes after an initial collective shrug.
The kind of person who lies to strangers out of boredom and shrugs her way through flings with unattractive men.
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