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Shrug Common

Shrug has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a gesture involving the shoulders

2

A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of knowledge.

Verb
1

raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation

2

To raise (the shoulders) to express uncertainty, lack of concern, (formerly) dread, etc.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
gesture gesticulate
Rhyming Words
rug trug krug frug drug sprug unrug okrug codrug bedrug z drug rag rug fur rug cut rug prodrug nondrug predrug area rug postdrug overdrug
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