shrug

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ʃrʌɡ/

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Verb

Plain form shrug

Third-person singular shrugs

Past tense shrugged

Past participle shrugged

Present participle shrugging

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you shrug your shoulders, you raise and then lower them in order to say you do not know or are not interested.

   Where's Dad?" "How should I know?" replied my brother, shrugging.

Noun

Singular shrug

Plural shrugs

1. (countable) A shrug is the action of raising your shoulders and then lowering them in order to say you don't know or are not interested.

   Liam responded with an uninterested shrug.

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