shrugging off
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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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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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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