Found 2 items, similar to Shrug.
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\ (shr[u^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Shrugged
(shr[u^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Shrugging (shr[u^]g"g[i^]ng).]
[Probably akin to shrink, p. p. shrunk; cf. Dan. skrugge,
skrukke, to stoop, dial. Sw. skrukka, skruga, to crouch.]
To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of
expressing doubt, indifference, dislike, dread, or the like.
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He shrugs his shoulders when you talk of securities.
--Addison.
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Shrug
\Shrug\, v. i.
To raise or draw up the shoulders, as in expressing doubt,
indifference, dislike, dread, or the like.
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They grin, they shrug.
They bow, they snarl, they snatch, they hug. --Swift.
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