shrug

English

Etymology

From Middle English schruggen, shrukken, probably of (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  origin related to Danish skrugge, skrukke (“to stoop; crouch”), Swedish skruga, skrukka (“to huddle; crouch”). Compare also Old English scrincan (“to shrink”). More at shrink.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɹʌɡ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Noun

shrug (plural shrugs)

1. A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference.

   He dismissed my comment with a shrug.

2. A cropped, cardigan-like garment with short or long sleeves, typically knitted.

Translations

gesture

• Bulgarian: вдигане на рамене n (vdigane na ramene)
• Catalan: encongiment d'espatlles m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聳肩／耸肩 (zh) (sǒngjiān), 耸肩 (zh) (sǒngjiān)

• Danish: skuldertræk (da) n
• Dutch: schouderophalen n
• Finnish: olankohautus
• French: haussement d’épaules m
• German: Schulterzucken (de) n, Achselzucken (de) n
• Hungarian: vállrándítás (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: spalluccia f
• Polish: wzruszenie ramionami n
• Portuguese: encolhida de ombros f, dar de ombros (pt)
• Russian: пожима́ние плеча́ми n (požimánije plečámi)
• Scottish Gaelic: crathadh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: слијегање раменима n

  Roman: slijeganje ramenima n

• Spanish: encogimiento de hombros m
• Swedish: axelryckning (sv) c

Verb

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

   I asked him for an answer and he just shrugged.

   When he saw the problem, he just shrugged and started fixing it.

   • Addison

     He shrugs his shoulders when you talk of securities.

Translations

to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.

• Bulgarian: вдигам рамене impf (vdigam ramene), вдигна рамене pf (vdigna ramene)
• Catalan: arronsar les espatlles (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聳／耸 (zh) (sǒng), 耸 (zh) (sǒng), 聳肩／耸肩 (zh) (sǒngjiān), 耸肩 (zh) (sǒngjiān)

• Czech: pokrčit rameny
• Danish: trække på skuldrene
• Finnish: kohauttaa olkiaan, kohauttaa olkapäitään
• French: hausser les épaules (fr)
• German: mit den Schultern zucken (de), mit den Achseln zucken
• Hungarian: vállat von, megvonja a vállát, vállat rándít
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: fare spallucce
• Japanese: 肩を竦める (かたをすくめる, kata-o sukumeru), 肩を窄める (かたをすぼめる, kata-o subomeru)
• Polish: wzruszyć ramionami (pl)
• Portuguese: dar de ombros (pt), encolher os ombros (pt)
• Russian: пожима́ть плеча́ми impf (požimátʹ plečámi), пожа́ть плеча́ми pf (požátʹ plečámi)
• Scottish Gaelic: (transitive) crath
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: слегнути раменима

  Roman: slegnuti ramenima

• Spanish: encogerse de hombros
• Swedish: rycka på axlarna

See also

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Anagrams

• Rughs