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Webster 1913 Edition
Shrug
Shrug
(shrŭg)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shrugged
(shrŭgd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shrugging
(shrŭg′gĭng)
.] [Probably akin to
shrink
, p. p. shrunk
; cf. Dan. skrugge
, skrukke
, to stoop, dial. Sw. skrukka
, skruga
, to crouch.] To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of expressing doubt, indifference, dislike, dread, or the like.
He
shrugs
his shoulders when you talk of securities. Addison.
Shrug
,Verb.
I.
To raise or draw up the shoulders, as in expressing doubt, indifference, dislike, dread, or the like.
They grin, they
They bow, they snarl, they snatch, they hug.
shrug
.They bow, they snarl, they snatch, they hug.
Swift.
The Spaniards talk in dialogues
Of heads and shoulders, nods and
Of heads and shoulders, nods and
shrugs
. Hudibras.
Webster 1828 Edition
Shrug
SHRUG
,Verb.
I.
They grin, they shrug,
They bow, they snarl, they scratch, they hug. Swift.
SHRUG
,Noun.
The Spaniards talk in dialogues
Of heads and shoulders, nods and shrugs. Hudibras.
Definition 2024
shrug
shrug
English
Noun
shrug (plural shrugs)
- A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference.
- He dismissed my comment with a shrug.
- A cropped, cardigan-like garment with short or long sleeves, typically knitted.
Translations
gesture
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Verb
shrug (third-person singular simple present shrugs, present participle shrugging, simple past and past participle shrugged)
- (transitive, intransitive) To raise (the shoulders) to express uncertainty, lack of concern, (formerly) dread, etc.
- I asked him for an answer and he just shrugged.
- When he saw the problem, he just shrugged and started fixing it.
- Addison
- He shrugs his shoulders when you talk of securities.
Translations
to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.
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