I just shrugged my shoulders and ignored him.shrug1 verbshrug2 noun
shrugshrug1 /ʃrʌɡ/ ●●○ W3 verb (past tense and past participle shrugged, present participle shrugging) [intransitive, transitive] 
VERB TABLE
shrug
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | shrug |
| he, she, it | shrugs | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | shrugged |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have shrugged |
| he, she, it | has shrugged | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had shrugged |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will shrug |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have shrugged |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am shrugging |
| he, she, it | is shrugging | |
| you, we, they | are shrugging | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was shrugging |
| you, we, they | were shrugging | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been shrugging |
| he, she, it | has been shrugging | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been shrugging |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be shrugging |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been shrugging |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Doug shrugged his shoulders in a familiar attitude of annoyance.
- It sort of humped up in the middle, sucking water with it, shrugging sprays of water from its wavy edges!
- Jacob shrugs off the criticism, claiming she is working for the taxpayers, not special-interest groups.
- Mr. Mendez shrugged and both of them turned to the adobe.
- She could see shrugging impatience in his shoulders.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY I just shrugged my shoulders and ignored him.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Cath spread both hands in a dismissive gesture.
to raise and then lower your shoulders in order to show that you do not know something or do not care about something: I just shrugged my shoulders and ignored him. Cath spread both hands in a dismissive gesture. (=raise them to show that you do not know or care about something)· Susan just shrugged her shoulders and said nothing.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· Rex, pardon me, but you don't seem to be shrugging helplessly or shaking your head.· Miguel could picture him turning, shrugging helplessly.
· Jimmy looked enquiringly at him and Pete just shrugged his shoulders.· I just shrugged and started the movie.· Some just shrug at the idea, and change the subject.· She asked Wyatt about it, but he just shrugged.· I offered my thanks to Oliver, and even suggested some debt restructuring by way of gratitude, but he just shrugged it off.· Shaker just shrugged and looked unhappy.· I just shrugged, but I was impressed that she'd actually remembered Radish's name.· We could just shrug, and say that's what you get for being poor.
· The royals will try to shrug off their problems and put on a good show for Margaret.· He shrugs off his methamphetamine use during the summer.· He shrugs off calls to slow down and won't stop working to go to the toilet.· In this way he shrugged off all responsibility for the project.· Internazionale shrugged off defeat by Malmo to beat the leaders, Roma, also by 3-0.· Yet constitutional monarchists would be foolish to shrug off the event.· I quit cold turkey some 25 years ago, but the specialists simply shrug off this kind of information.
I just shrugged my shoulders and ignored him. Melanie shrugged and walked away.shrug something ↔ off phrasal verb to treat something as unimportant and not worry about it: We can’t just shrug these objections off.shrug1 verbshrug2 noun
shrugshrug2 noun [countable] EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Henry returned to his seat with an arrogant shrug of his shoulders.
- It was a shrug the shoulders, sink the hands deep in the pockets and be fed up about the running nose cold.
- Then, with a shrug, she opened one of the cubicle doors and ushered him inside.
- With 64,000 people crammed into every square mile, the most utterly bizarre happenings raise barely a shrug of the shoulders.
- With a faint shrug, he walked out, closing the door firmly behind him.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Cath spread both hands in a dismissive gesture.
1 Cath spread both hands in a dismissive gesture. (=raise them to show that you do not know or care about something)· Susan just shrugged her shoulders and said nothing.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· At last, Auster gave a little shrug, which seemed to acknowledge that they had come to an impasse.
· Well, she supposed, with a slight shrug, whatever turned you on - only it didn't; not really.
· Again he did not respond, except perhaps for the smallest of shrugs.· The boy made a small shrug only having to do with getting hit from behind.
VERB· As I thanked her, Marie looked over her shoulder at Bobbie and gave a little shrug, sharing the joke with her.· At last, Auster gave a little shrug, which seemed to acknowledge that they had come to an impasse.· For a moment she hesitated, then gave a mental shrug.· She knew he'd take the credit for her ideas; then she gave a mental shrug.· For not immediately obeying him, or for her very presence? she wondered briefly, then gave a mental shrug.· Trent repeated his broadcast to Caspar and gave Mariana a shrug.· Glancing sideways at her companion, she gave a resigned shrug.· Then she gave a tiny shrug.
[usually singular] a movement of your shoulders upwards and then downwards again that you make to show that you do not know something or do not care about somethingwith a shrug ‘Suit yourself,’ he said with a shrug.2a very short cardigan