I. shrug¹ W3 /ʃrʌɡ/ verb (past tense and past participle shrugged, present participle shrugging) [intransitive and transitive]
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 and ignored him.
Melanie shrugged and walked away.
shrug something ↔ off phrasal verb
to treat something as unimportant and not worry about it:
We can’t just shrug these objections off.

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II. shrug² noun [countable]

1. [usually singular] a movement of your shoulders upwards and then downwards again that you make to show that you do not know something or do not care about something
with a shrug
‘Suit yourself,’ he said with a shrug.

2. a very short cardigan

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

shrug
noun
ADJ. little, slight, small | careless, indifferent | nonchalant | dismissive | helpless, hopeless, resigned | tired, weary | apologetic | self-deprecating | expressive | mental With a mental shrug, he decided to tell the truth.
Gallic
VERB + SHRUG give The boy gave a slight shrug and walked away.
PREP. in a ~ She lifted her shoulders in a little shrug
with a ~ ‘I don't know,’ she said with a shrug.
~ of a shrug of resignation
PHRASES a shrug of the shoulders

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

shrug
verb
ADV. lightly, slightly | carelessly, dismissively, indifferently, negligently, nonchalantly She shrugged nonchalantly and turned away.
impatiently, irritably | apologetically | helplessly, ruefully He shrugged helplessly and said nothing.
expressively | just, merely, only, simply He merely shrugged his shoulders in reply.
PHRASAL VERBS shrug sth off
VERB + SHRUG be able to, can/could, try to The team have been able to shrug off their recent failures and perform well.
try to

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