shrug
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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 phrases 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,
a.
to disregard; minimize: to shrug off an insult.
b.
to rid oneself of: to shrug off the effects of a drug.
Origin:
1350–1400; (v.) Middle English schruggen to shudder, shrug < ?; (noun) late Middle English shrugge a tug, pull, derivative of the v.
1350–1400; (v.) Middle English schruggen to shudder, shrug < ?; (noun) late Middle English shrugge a tug, pull, derivative of the v.
Related forms
un·shrug·ging, adjective
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| —vb , shrugs, shrugging, shrugged | |
| 1. | to draw up and drop (the shoulders) abruptly in a gesture expressing indifference, contempt, ignorance, etc |
| —n | |
| 2. | the gesture so made |
| 3. | a woman's short jacket or close-fitting cardigan |
| [C14: of uncertain origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
shrug
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.
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Example sentences
Later, others would only shrug when speculating as to why he had chosen this ill-advised tactic.
There are, though, two criticisms which are harder to shrug off.
Higher education at some point will have to shrug it off and get back to the work of seeing the world as it is.
Others shrug that playing with an enormous predator is inherently risky.
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