The meaning of SHRUG is to raise or draw in the shoulders especially to express aloofness, indifference, or uncertainty. How to use shrug in a sentence.

She shrugged her shoulders, ignored questions and refused to acknowledge a single detail in the agreement.

1. To minimize the importance of: shrugged off the defeat and talked about tonight's game. 2. To get rid of: shrug off a burden. 3. To wriggle out of (clothing).

shrug /ʃrʌg/ v., shrugged, shrug•ging, n. v. to raise and contract (the shoulders), as a sign that one does not know or that one does not care about something: [~ + object] He shrugged his …

Definition of shrug verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you shrug, you raise your shoulders to show that you are not interested in something or that you do not know or care about something. I shrugged, as if to say, 'Why not?'

SHRUG definition: to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc. See examples of shrug used in a sentence.

She shrugged off their concerns. I warned him about the storm but he just shrugged it off.

When you suffer from a fear of flying, other people often tell you to shrug it off. Others merely shrug it off and return to their cars. She looks wonderfully comfortable shrugging into tailored …

figurative Thousands of people are starving to death while the world shrugs its shoulders (= shows no interest or care). She shrugged indifferently. In reply to their questions, she just …