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[ shruhg ] / ʃrʌg / SEE SYNONYMS FOR shrug ON THESAURUS.COM
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. nounthe movement of raising and contracting the shoulders. a short sweater or jacket that ends above or at the waistline. Verb Phrasesshrug off, - to disregard; minimize: to shrug off an insult.
- to rid oneself of: to shrug off the effects of a drug.
Origin of shrug1350–1400; (v.) Middle English schruggen to shudder, shrug < ?; (noun) late Middle English shrugge a tug, pull, derivative of the v. OTHER WORDS FROM shrugun·shrug·ging, adjectiveWords nearby shrugshrub, shrubbery, shrubby, shrubby cinquefoil, shrub layer, shrug, shrug off, shrug one's shoulders, shrunk, shrunken, sht. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shrug“The girls I used to race with would just pull their pants around their ankles and hang off the back,” Ralphie says with I shrug. Inside Sailing’s Biggest Race|Lizzie Crocker|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Mason ambles through life, free to enjoy the little moments and shrug off the big ones, just like his father did before him. Black 'Boyhood' Is Always Black First, Boy Later|Teo Bugbee|August 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Around my own friends, someone will wind up a conversation with a shrug and a baffling—to me—utterance of “Haters gonna hate.” Why We Should Hate 'Haters Gonna Hate'|Tim Teeman|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Yet, relative to the massive amount of attention, shock, and criticism, I can only muster a shrug and a plea to chill out. The Internet’s Latest Pearl-Clutching Panic Over Mamading Is Insane|Emily Shire|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the men from the Southern Hemisphere have the strength to shrug off that loss. Luis Suarez, Uruguay’s Notorious Soccer Vampire, Strikes Again—Biting Italian in World Cup Win|Tunku Varadarajan|June 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST With a shrug of his shoulders, sop resumed his studies, finding Aretino more diverting than such nonsense. The Duke's Motto|Justin Huntly McCarthy In that case,” said the count with a shrug of his shoulders, “you must be right. The Boy Allies with the Cossacks|Clair W. Hayes Pinney relaxed his gaze with a shrug, and produced the paper. The Quality of Mercy|W. D. Howells Well,” said Scales, with a shrug of the shoulders, “you are master here. The Rosery Folk|George Manville Fenn He held his head defiantly erect, and he gave scorn for scorn and shrug for shrug.
British Dictionary definitions for shrug
verb shrugs, shrugging or shruggedto draw up and drop (the shoulders) abruptly in a gesture expressing indifference, contempt, ignorance, etc nounthe gesture so made a woman's short jacket or close-fitting cardigan Word Origin for shrugC14: of uncertain origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to shrugnod, signal, sign, token, indication, body language, action, reminder, expression, salute, hurtle, fling, bump, flop, jolt, bounce, snatch, wriggle, wiggle, wrench |