Definitions of shrug [ʃrʌg]

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Definition of 'shrug'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) shrug
to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing ignorance, indifference, disdain, etc.

2. (v.i.) shrug
to raise and contract the shoulders.

3.  shrug
shrug off,

4.  shrug
to disregard; minimize:
to shrug off an insult.

5.  shrug
to rid oneself of:
to shrug off the effects of a drug.

6. (n.) shrug
the movement of raising and contracting the shoulders.

7.  shrug
a woman's shawllike sweater or jacket that ends above or at the waist.

Etymology: (1400–50; late ME schruggen to fidget, shudder)

Definition of 'shrug'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) shrug
a gesture involving the shoulders

2. (verb) shrug
raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation

Definition of 'shrug'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) shrug
to move your shoulders up and down to show you do not care, do not know, etc.
Puzzled by her answer, he shrugged and frowned.; to shrug your shoulders

Definition of 'shrug'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) shrug
a drawing up of the shoulders, -- a motion usually expressing dislike, dread, or doubt

2. (verb) shrug
to draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like

3. (verb) shrug
to raise or draw up the shoulders, as in expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like

Translation of 'shrug'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to show doubt, lack of interest etc by raising (the shoulders) When I asked him if he knew what had happened, he just shrugged (his shoulders).
Afrikaans: skouers optrek	Arabic: يَهُز كتِفَيْهِ لامُباليا	Bulgarian: свивам рамене
Brazilian: dar os ombros	Czech: pokrčit rameny	German: (die Achseln)zucken
Danish: trække på skuldrene	Greek: σηκώνω τους ώμους για να	Spanish: encogerse de hombros
Estonian: õlgu kehitama	Farsi: شانه بالا انداختن	Finnish: kohauttaa
French: hausser lesépaules	Hebrew: לִמשוֹך בַּכתֵפַיִים	Hindi: कधा उचकाना या झाड़ना
Croatian: slegnuti ramenima	Hungarian: vállat von	Indonesian: mengangkat bahu tanda rag
Icelandic: ypptaöxlum	Italian: alzare le spalle	Japanese: 肩をすくめる
Korean: (어깨를) 으쓱하다	Lithuanian: gūžtelėti (pečiais)	Latvian: paraustīt plecus
Malay: mengangkat bahu	Dutch: de schouders ophalen	Norwegian: trekke på skuldrene
Polish: wzruszać ramionami	Persian: شانه بالا انداختن	Pashto: اوږى څنډل، اوږوته جټكه ور
Portuguese: encolher os ombros	Romanian: a ridica din umeri	Russian: пожимать плечами
Slovak: pokrčiť ramenami	Slovenian: skomigniti	Serbian: slegnuti ramenima
Swedish: rycka på axlarna	Thai: ยักไหล่เพื่อแสดงความไม่สน	Turkish: omuz silkmek
Taiwanese: 聳肩 (表示疑惑,蔑視,無奈等)	Ukrainian: знизувати плечима	Urdu: کندھے اچکانا
Vietnamese: nhún vai biểu thị sự nghi	Chinese: 耸肩（以表示冷淡、怀疑等）
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