shrug
verb/ʃrʌɡ/
/ʃrʌɡ/
[intransitive, transitive, no passive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they shrug | /ʃrʌɡ/ /ʃrʌɡ/ |
| he / she / it shrugs | /ʃrʌɡz/ /ʃrʌɡz/ |
| past simple shrugged | /ʃrʌɡd/ /ʃrʌɡd/ |
| past participle shrugged | /ʃrʌɡd/ /ʃrʌɡd/ |
| -ing form shrugging | /ˈʃrʌɡɪŋ/ /ˈʃrʌɡɪŋ/ |
- to raise your shoulders and then drop them to show that you do not know or care about something
- Sam shrugged and said nothing.
- shrug something ‘I don't know,’ Anna replied, shrugging her shoulders.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- lightly
- slightly
- carelessly
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘fidget’): of unknown origin.Definitions on the go
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