with a shrug

  • 1shrug — shrug, n. A gesture consisting of drawing up the shoulders, a motion usually expressing doubt, indifference, or dislike; it is sometimes accompanied by a slight turning of the hands outward or upward. Such a gesture may be made, as in answering… …

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  • 2shrug — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little, slight, small ▪ simple ▪ The answer was a simple shrug. ▪ careless, indifferent …

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  • 3shrug — 01. The young boy [shrugged] when his teacher asked him why he hadn t done his homework. 02. When I asked him what the matter was, he just [shrugged] and looked away. 03. The little girl [shrugged] her shoulders when her mother asked her if… …

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  • 4shrug — shrug1 W3 [ʃrʌg] v past tense and past participle shrugged present participle shrugging [I and T] to raise and then lower your shoulders in order to show that you do not know something or do not care about something ▪ I just shrugged my shoulders …

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  • 5shrug — I n. with a shrug (of the shoulders) II v. (D; intr.) to shrug at ( to express indifference to ) (she shrugged at the suggestion) * * * [ʃrʌg] with a shrug (of the shoulders) (D; intr.) to shrug at (she shrugged at the suggestion; to express… …

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  • 6shrug — [[t]ʃrʌ̱g[/t]] shrugs, shrugging, shrugged VERB If you shrug, you raise your shoulders to show that you are not interested in something or that you do not know or care about something. I shrugged, as if to say, Why not? ... [V n] The man shrugged …

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  • 7shrug — 1. noun A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference. He dismissed my comment with a shrug. 2. verb a) To raise the shoulders to express a lack of knowledge or certainty …

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  • 8shrug — [shrug] vt., vi. shrugged, shrugging [ME schruggen, orig., to shiver (as with cold)] to draw up (the shoulders), as in expressing indifference, doubt, disdain, contempt, etc. n. 1. the gesture so made 2. a woman s short jacket or sweater with… …

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  • 9shrug something off — shrug (something) off to act as if something is unimportant or not a problem. Although constantly troubled by a lack of money, he was able to shrug it off with a joke. The runner has been trying hard to shrug off a back injury that doesn t seem… …

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  • 10shrug off — shrug (something) off to act as if something is unimportant or not a problem. Although constantly troubled by a lack of money, he was able to shrug it off with a joke. The runner has been trying hard to shrug off a back injury that doesn t seem… …

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