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To shrug is defined as to raise the shoulders in an expression of doubt, rejection or indifference.

(verb)

An example of to shrug is how a person would raise and lower their shoulders to express that they don't know what they want to do.

The definition of a shrug is a women's short jacket or sweater with wide sleeves.

(noun)

An example of a shrug is the sleeves that Natalie Portman's character in the movie Black Swan would wear over her leotard when dancing.

See shrug in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb shrugged, shrugging

to draw up (the shoulders), as in expressing indifference, doubt, disdain, contempt, etc.

Origin: ME schruggen, orig., to shiver (as with cold)

noun

the gesture so made
a woman's short jacket or sweater with wide, loose sleeves

See shrug in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb shrugged shrugged, shrug·ging, shrugs

verb, transitive

To raise (the shoulders), especially as a gesture of doubt, disdain, or indifference.

verb, intransitive

To raise the shoulders, especially as a gesture of doubt, disdain, or indifference.

noun

An expressive gesture of raising the shoulders.
A woman's short jacket or sweater open down the front.

Phrasal Verb: shrug off To minimize the importance of: shrugged off the defeat and talked about tonight's game. To get rid of: shrug off a burden. To wriggle out of (clothing).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English shruggen

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