shrug

[ shruhg ]

/ ʃrʌg /

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verb (used with object), shrugged, shrug·ging.

to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc.

verb (used without object), shrugged, shrug·ging.

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 Phrases

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

1350–1400; (v.) Middle English schruggen to shudder, shrug < ?; (noun) late Middle English shrugge a tug, pull, derivative of the v.

OTHER WORDS FROM shrug

un·shrug·ging, adjective

Words nearby shrug

shrub, shrub layer, shrubbery, shrubby, shrubby cinquefoil, shrug, shrug off, shrug one's shoulders, shrunk, shrunken, sht.

Example sentences from the Web for shrugged

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 |DAILY BEAST
To 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 |DAILY BEAST
Managers 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 |DAILY BEAST
Whatever 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 |DAILY BEAST

Noah 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 |DAILY BEAST
"No use," he shrugged in complete return to his indifferent manner.

The Mystery |Stewart Edward White and Samuel Hopkins Adams
He shrugged and turned away, and Poppy, looking round for the others, caught Clem Portal's face with the mask off for one moment.

Poppy |Cynthia Stockley
Now and again, with the bodily motions that we have learned to connect with the French, his shoulders were shrugged expressively.

Ben Blair |Will Lillibridge
But the other shrugged his shoulders with well-studied indifference.

"Unto Caesar" |Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Polly shrugged her shoulders and shook her head in reply, and tried to get interested in her history.

Polly's Senior Year at Boarding School |Dorothy Whitehill

British Dictionary definitions for shrugged

shrug

/ (ʃrʌɡ) /

verb shrugs, shrugging or shrugged

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

Word Origin for shrug

C14: of uncertain origin

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shrug

verb (used with object), shrugged, shrug·ging.

verb (used without object), shrugged, shrug·ging.

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for shrugged

verb shrugs, shrugging or shrugged

noun

Word Origin for shrug

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shrug

verb (used with object), shrugged, shrug·ging.

verb (used without object), shrugged, shrug·ging.

noun

Verb Phrases

Origin of shrug

OTHER WORDS FROM shrug

Words nearby shrug

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verb shrugs, shrugging or shrugged

noun

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