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# shrug

verb (shrug, shrugs, shrugged, shrugging); noun (a shrug, shrugs)

«shrug» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To shrug is to raise your shoulders quickly and drop them, to show you do not know or do not care. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrug/#m1)
2. A shrug is that movement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrug/#m2)
3. To shrug something off is to treat it as not important, or to get over it easily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrug/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories a shrug shows a character's feeling without words: not knowing, not caring. Phrases: «shrug your shoulders», «shrug it off», «with a shrug».

### Examples

- «Where's your homework?» He just shrugged. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrug/#x1)
- She shrugged her shoulders and said, «I don't know.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrug/#x2)
- He gave a shrug and walked away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrug/#x3)
- She shrugged off the fall and kept running. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrug/#x4)
- Don't shrug when I ask you a question. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrug/#x5)
- He shrugged off the cold and played on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrug/#x6)
- "All right," said Elfin, shrugging his shoulders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrug/#x7)

### Note

Double g: shrugged, shrugging. A shrug can be rude when someone asks you something, so it is better to answer in words.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shrug» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrug/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shrug» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shrug.html) on Mova free.