shrug
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ʃɹʌɡ/
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.
- French: haussement d'épaules
- German: Schulterzucken, Achselzucken
- Italian: spalluccia
- Portuguese: encolhida de ombros, dar de ombros
- Russian: пожима́ние плеча́ми
- Spanish: encogimiento de hombros
shrug (shrugs, present participle shrugging; past and past participle shrugged)
- (ambitransitive) 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.
- He […] shrugs his shoulders when you talk of securities.
- French: hausser les épaules
- German: mit den Schultern zucken, mit den Achseln zucken
- Italian: fare spallucce
- Portuguese: dar de ombros, encolher os ombros
- Russian: пожима́ть плеча́ми
- Spanish: encogerse de hombros
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