shrug
to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc.
to raise and contract the shoulders.
the movement of raising and contracting the shoulders.
a short sweater or jacket that ends above or at the waistline.
shrug off,
to disregard; minimize: to shrug off an insult.
to rid oneself of: to shrug off the effects of a drug.
Origin of shrug
1Other words from shrug
- un·shrug·ging, adjective
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How to use shrug in a sentence
Three months ago, the two had a baby together and the Internet mostly just shrugged.
All Your Internet Boyfriends Are Taken: Gosling, Cumberbatch, and now Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Melissa Leon | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTTo this, Clinton, seated on stage, merely turned up her palms and shrugged.
If Clinton Runs for President, Cuomo’s on Board | David Freedlander | October 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTManagers of the “Rich Kids of Tehran” account have shrugged off such accusations anyway.
The Blinged-Up Rich Kids of Tehran on Instagram | Lizzie Crocker | October 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhatever the truth, Miller hardly seems to have shrugged it off when the partner married a paralegal who worked in their office.
The Mystery Woman Who Tried to Outdo Dillinger | Michael Daly | September 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNoah Pollak, the executive director of the Emergency Committee for Israel, shrugged off the issue.
Klutzy Conservative Jewish Outreach at the Values Voter Summit | Ben Jacobs | September 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
You would have shrugged your shoulders and made the best of it, realizing that no other man had put this wrong upon you.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniThe Frenchman shrugged his shoulders as he stepped into his perfectly-appointed but funereal-looking little brougham.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsThe doctor, informed of her comparative happiness, again shrugged his shoulders.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. Locke"Works—mere works," and Miss Watling shrugged her shoulders emphatically.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieGwynne, angry and disappointed, looked after her a moment, then shrugged his shoulders and went in to his mail.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
British Dictionary definitions for shrug
/ (ʃrʌɡ) /
to draw up and drop (the shoulders) abruptly in a gesture expressing indifference, contempt, ignorance, etc
the gesture so made
a woman's short jacket or close-fitting cardigan
Origin of shrug
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