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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: shrugs (0.01054 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to shrugs.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: shrug shrug n : a gesture involving the shoulders [also: shrugging, shrugged] shrug v : raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation [also: shrugging, shrugged]
English → English (gcide) Definition: shrug shrug \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 “who knows” to a question, suggesting utter ignorance of an answer and a disinclination to pursue the topic further. [1913 Webster +PJC] On Sept. 23, in a major speech in New York, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commision, Arthur Levitt asked the Big Board to spike the rule [Rule 390] in the interest of free and unfettered markets. . . . Mr. Grasso responded with a shrug, saying that he had no plans to kill the rule. --Gretchen Morgenson (N. Y. Times Nov. 28, 1999 sect. 3 p. 1. [PJC] The Spaniards talk in dialogues Of heads and shoulders, nods and shrugs. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
English → English (WordNet) Definition: shrug shrug n : a gesture involving the shoulders [also: shrugging, shrugged] shrug v : raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation [also: shrugging, shrugged]
English → English (gcide) Definition: shrug shrug \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 “who knows” to a question, suggesting utter ignorance of an answer and a disinclination to pursue the topic further. [1913 Webster +PJC] On Sept. 23, in a major speech in New York, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commision, Arthur Levitt asked the Big Board to spike the rule [Rule 390] in the interest of free and unfettered markets. . . . Mr. Grasso responded with a shrug, saying that he had no plans to kill the rule. --Gretchen Morgenson (N. Y. Times Nov. 28, 1999 sect. 3 p. 1. [PJC] The Spaniards talk in dialogues Of heads and shoulders, nods and shrugs. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
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