SHRUG
shrug
(noun) a gesture involving the shoulders
shrug
(verb) raise one’s shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shrug (plural shrugs)
A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference.
A cropped, cardigan-like garment with short or long sleeves, typically knitted.
Verb
shrug (third-person singular simple present shrugs, present participle shrugging, simple past and past participle shrugged)
(ambitransitive) To raise (the shoulders) to express uncertainty, lack of concern, (formerly) dread, etc.
Anagrams
• Rughs
Source: Wiktionary
Shrug, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shrugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Shrugging.]
Etym: [Probably akin to shrink, p. p. shrunk; cf. Dan. skrugge,
skrukke, to stoop, dial. Sw. skrukka, skruga, to crouch.]
Definition: To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of
expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like.
He shrugs his shoulders when you talk of securities. Addison.
Shrug, v. i.
Definition: To raise or draw up the shoulders, as in expressing dislike,
dread, doubt, or the like.
They grin, they shrug. They bow, they snarl, they snatch, they hug.
Swift.
Shrug, n.
Definition: A drawing up of the shoulders, -- a motion usually expressing
dislike, dread, or doubt.
The Spaniards talk in dialogues Of heads and shoulders, nods and
shrugs. Hudibras.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition