shrug
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- noun
- /ʃrʌg/
:
encogimiento de hombros
- You did the shoulder shrug.
- say with a shrug
- a shoulder shrug
She can tell you what a shoulder shrug or a lip lock or a chin grab means.
- She can tell you what a shoulder shrug or a lip lock or a chin grab means.
- We let it shrink away with our exhausted shrugs.
Examples
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He responded to the criticism with a dismissive shrug, showing he didn't care.
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He expressed his uncertainty with a shrug when asked about the project's outcome.
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A little shrug of the shoulders...
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His response was a shrug: "They're up there, what are we going to do?"
Academic text (1996) -
It's tough talk with a softening shrug at the end.
Academic text (2016) -
"Ah well," he said with a shrug, "the Yorb have been dressing in fine cloth for a long time."
Academic text (2006) -
Devin smiled and gave a little shrug, sitting behind his big new desk.
Fiction book (1992) -
"It's all we've got," replied Brandon with a shrug and a quizzical look at her.
Fiction book (1992) -
"Everyone presently in Landing," Piemur said with a shrug, and then grinned impishly.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Pretty sure," said Penelope with a shrug as she picked up Maryanne and began straightening her tiny red blanket.
Fiction book (1991)
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Shrug (noun) is simply the name for that small shoulder movement and comes from the same old idea of 'pulling together' the body, like a tiny shrinking motion. So a shrug is the quick raise and drop of the shoulders that shows uncertainty, indifference, or lack of knowledge.