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shrug
[shruhg] 
verb, shrugged, shrug⋅ging, noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc. |
–verb (used without object)
| 2. | to raise and contract the shoulders. |
–noun
—Verb phrase| 3. | the movement of raising and contracting the shoulders. |
| 4. | a short sweater or jacket that ends above or at the waistline. |
| 5. | shrug off,
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Origin:
1350–1400; (v.) ME schruggen to shudder, shrug < ?; (n.) late ME shrugge a tug, pull, deriv. of the v.
1350–1400; (v.) ME schruggen to shudder, shrug < ?; (n.) late ME shrugge a tug, pull, deriv. of the v.
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| shrug (shrŭg) v. shrugged, shrug·ging, shrugs v. tr. To raise (the shoulders), especially as a gesture of doubt, disdain, or indifference. v. intr. To raise the shoulders, especially as a gesture of doubt, disdain, or indifference. n.
shrug off
[Middle English shruggen.] |
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Shrug
Shrug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shrugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Shrugging.] [Probably akin to shrink, p. p. shrunk; cf. Dan. skrugge, skrukke, to stoop, dial. Sw. skrukka, skruga, to crouch.] To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like. He shrugs his shoulders when you talk of securities. --Addison.Shrug
Shrug\, v. i. To raise or draw up the shoulders, as in expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like. They grin, they shrug. They bow, they snarl, they snatch, they hug. --Swift.Shrug
Shrug\, n. A drawing up of the shoulders, -- a motion usually expressing dislike, dread, or doubt. The Spaniards talk in dialogues Of heads and shoulders, nods and shrugs. --Hudibras.
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Language Translation for : shrug
Spanish:
encogerse de hombros,
German:
(die Achseln)zucken,
Japanese:
肩をすくめる
shrug (v.)
c.1400, schurgyng, of uncertain origin. Perhaps connected to Dan. skrugge "to stoop, crouch." The noun is first recorded 1594. To shrug (something) off "dismiss" is recorded from 1909.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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