English Explanatory Dictionary

shrug

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of knowledge.
  2. A cropped, cardigan-like garment with short or long sleeves, typically knitted.
verb
  1. To raise (the shoulders) to express uncertainty, lack of concern, (formerly) dread, etc.

Pronunciation

/ʃɹʌɡ/ en-us-shrug.ogg

Word forms

shrug shrugs shrugging shrugged

Etymology

From Middle English schruggen, shrukken, probably of North Germanic origin related to Danish skrugge, skrukke (“to stoop; crouch”), Swedish skruga, skrukka (“to huddle; crouch”), all from or related to Old Norse skrykkva, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną. Compare also Old English scrincan (“to shrink”). More at shrink.

Related words

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Derived words

macaroni shrug shruggy shrugger shruggie shruggingly shrug off unshrugging

Translations

Belarusian: по́ціск плячы́ма Bulgarian: вди́гане на ра́мене Catalan: encongiment d'espatlles Chinese Mandarin: 聳肩 /耸肩 Danish: skuldertræk Dutch: schouderophalen Esperanto: ŝultromovado Esperanto: ŝultrumado Finnish: olankohautus French: haussement d'épaules German: Schulterzucken German: Achselzucken Hungarian: vállrándítás Italian: spalluccia Polish: wzruszenie ramionami Portuguese: encolhida de ombros Portuguese: dar de ombros Russian: пожима́ние плеча́ми Scottish Gaelic: crathadh Serbo-Croatian: слијегање раменима Serbo-Croatian: slijeganje ramenima Spanish: encogimiento de hombros Swedish: axelryckning Ukrainian: зни́зування плечи́ма
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