Shrug
verb
To raise your shoulders and then drop them to show that you do not know or care about something.
I asked him if he wanted to go out to dinner, but he just shrugged.
Often appears as...
- shrug off
- shrug shoulders
noun
A movement in which someone raises their shoulders and then drops them to indicate a lack of knowledge or interest.
His response to the news was just a shrug.
Often appears as...
- give a shrug
- with a shrug
verb
To raise your shoulders and then drop them to show that you do not know or care about something.
I asked him if he wanted to go out to dinner, but he just shrugged.
Often appears as...
- shrug off
- shrug shoulders
noun
A movement in which someone raises their shoulders and then drops them to indicate a lack of knowledge or interest.
His response to the news was just a shrug.
Often appears as...
- give a shrug
- with a shrug
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Non-committal
Shrug as a verb often suggests a lack of commitment or certainty.
When asked about her plans, she would just shrug.
Pro Tip 2/3Indifference
It may express indifference when someone doesn't have a strong opinion.
They shrugged when the film ended, unimpressed.
Pro Tip 3/3Impolite Dismissal
Using 'shrug off' can sometimes seem impolite or dismissive.
He just shrugged off my concerns as if they were nothing.
Pro Tip 1/3Non-committal
Shrug as a verb often suggests a lack of commitment or certainty.
When asked about her plans, she would just shrug.
Pro Tip 2/3Indifference
It may express indifference when someone doesn't have a strong opinion.
They shrugged when the film ended, unimpressed.
Pro Tip 3/3Impolite Dismissal
Using 'shrug off' can sometimes seem impolite or dismissive.
He just shrugged off my concerns as if they were nothing.
Pro Tip 1/3Non-committal
Shrug as a verb often suggests a lack of commitment or certainty.
When asked about her plans, she would just shrug.
Pro Tip 2/3Indifference
It may express indifference when someone doesn't have a strong opinion.
They shrugged when the film ended, unimpressed.
Pro Tip 3/3Impolite Dismissal
Using 'shrug off' can sometimes seem impolite or dismissive.
He just shrugged off my concerns as if they were nothing.
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Video examples
How to spot a liar PIPE...
We tell very convincing stories, we slightly shrug our shoulders. We commit terrible crimes, and we smile at the delight in getting away with it. Now, that smile is known in the trade as "duping delight." And we're going to see that in several videos moving forward, but we're going to start -- for those of you who don't know him,
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How to spot a liar -...
produce the highest volume of deceptive tells why do they do that well we all do the same thing we rehearse our words but we rarely rehearse our gestures we say yes we shake our heads no we tell very convincing stories we slightly shrug our shoulders we commit terrible crimes and we smile at the delight in getting away
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Clara Sousa-Silva: The...
If these alien astronomers had looked in our direction in the last century, they would have been really excited to detect unequivocal signs of technology. But what if they looked ten thousand years ago, before we showed signs of civilization? Would they shrug in disappointment and go look elsewhere for life?
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A tale of mental illness...
headed back into the library. I shrugged and followed them. Back inside, I asked my classmates if they were having the same experience of words jumping around our cases as I was. 'I think someone's infiltrated my copies of the cases,' I said. 'We've got to case the joint.
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Cracking Down on Cheetah...
the cubs he kind of glanced sideways at them shrugged his shoulders and said i've never seen them before once a cheetah cub has been taken from its mother it can never survive in the wild again because it never learned to hunt and so it'll have to spend the rest of
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Meg Jay: Essential...
Or it's why maybe we shrug their shoulders at the problems of those who look different or live different or love different than we do. It's why we almost certainly aren't doing enough to protect our kids and grandkids from climate change.
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How the pandemic will...
to make really quite horrible threats and so forth. You seem to do a good job sort of shrugging this off, but really, like, who else has ever been in this position? How are you managing this? What on earth world are we in
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Dangerous memes PIPE Dan...
We're a free society, so we let pornography and all these things -- we shrug them off. They're like a mild cold. They're not a big deal for us. But we should recognize that for many people in the world,
Video examples
Fighting injustice with...
diversity is not uniformity its oppression the opposite of Justice is not injustice its tyranny but humans you and I we tend to normalize the unthinkable and shrug at the side of it
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The refugee crisis is a...
when I met him, he was this white-haired gentleman, I said to him, "Why did you do it? Why did you take that risk?" And he looked at me and he shrugged,
Video examples
How to spot a liar PIPE...
We tell very convincing stories, we slightly shrug our shoulders. We commit terrible crimes, and we smile at the delight in getting away with it. Now, that smile is known in the trade as "duping delight." And we're going to see that in several videos moving forward, but we're going to start -- for those of you who don't know him,
Video examples
How to spot a liar -...
produce the highest volume of deceptive tells why do they do that well we all do the same thing we rehearse our words but we rarely rehearse our gestures we say yes we shake our heads no we tell very convincing stories we slightly shrug our shoulders we commit terrible crimes and we smile at the delight in getting away
Video examples
Clara Sousa-Silva: The...
If these alien astronomers had looked in our direction in the last century, they would have been really excited to detect unequivocal signs of technology. But what if they looked ten thousand years ago, before we showed signs of civilization? Would they shrug in disappointment and go look elsewhere for life?
Video examples
A tale of mental illness...
headed back into the library. I shrugged and followed them. Back inside, I asked my classmates if they were having the same experience of words jumping around our cases as I was. 'I think someone's infiltrated my copies of the cases,' I said. 'We've got to case the joint.
Video examples
Cracking Down on Cheetah...
the cubs he kind of glanced sideways at them shrugged his shoulders and said i've never seen them before once a cheetah cub has been taken from its mother it can never survive in the wild again because it never learned to hunt and so it'll have to spend the rest of
Video examples
Meg Jay: Essential...
Or it's why maybe we shrug their shoulders at the problems of those who look different or live different or love different than we do. It's why we almost certainly aren't doing enough to protect our kids and grandkids from climate change.
Video examples
How the pandemic will...
to make really quite horrible threats and so forth. You seem to do a good job sort of shrugging this off, but really, like, who else has ever been in this position? How are you managing this? What on earth world are we in
Video examples
Dangerous memes PIPE Dan...
We're a free society, so we let pornography and all these things -- we shrug them off. They're like a mild cold. They're not a big deal for us. But we should recognize that for many people in the world,
Video examples
Fighting injustice with...
diversity is not uniformity its oppression the opposite of Justice is not injustice its tyranny but humans you and I we tend to normalize the unthinkable and shrug at the side of it
Video examples
The refugee crisis is a...
when I met him, he was this white-haired gentleman, I said to him, "Why did you do it? Why did you take that risk?" And he looked at me and he shrugged,
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Quote examples
Linda Sanchez
American Politician
For too long, our society has shrugged off bullying by labeling it a 'rite of passage' and by asking students to simply 'get over it.' Those attitudes need to change. Every day, students are bullied into silence and are afraid to speak up. Let's break this silence and end school bullying.
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Glennon Doyle Melton
American Author
When we shrug and say we don't care, it's usually a lie. Every girl cares. We've just been taught not to expose ourselves by showing it. What the world needs now is girls and women who aren't afraid to care - who are done saying, 'Whatever.
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Phil Daniels
English Actor
In my game, you get brokenhearted a bit. You do a play, get a bad review in the papers... actors are sensitive; you think of all the work you've done, and it breaks your heart, but you learn to shrug it off and to carry on.
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Jonathan Davis
American Musician
A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it.
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Phillip Noyce
Australian Director
People just don't laugh when their family is violated, and you don't shrug it off. You band together and you defend together. It's a funny, primitive instinct.
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John Burnside
Scottish Writer
A man was defined, in my father's circles, by what he could bear, the pain he could shrug off, the warmth or comfort he could deny himself.
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Lech Walesa
Polish Politician
People always ask me, 'Lech, aren't you afraid of being killed?' And as an answer I shrug my shoulders.
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Alun Wyn Jones
Welsh Athlete
If I make a mistake, I just shrug it off and carry on.
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Vince Lombardi
American Coach
If you can shrug off a loss, you can't be a winner.
Quote examples
Steve Bannon
American Public Servant
Facts get shares; opinions get shrugs.
Quote examples
Linda Sanchez
American Politician
For too long, our society has shrugged off bullying by labeling it a 'rite of passage' and by asking students to simply 'get over it.' Those attitudes need to change. Every day, students are bullied into silence and are afraid to speak up. Let's break this silence and end school bullying.
Quote examples
Glennon Doyle Melton
American Author
When we shrug and say we don't care, it's usually a lie. Every girl cares. We've just been taught not to expose ourselves by showing it. What the world needs now is girls and women who aren't afraid to care - who are done saying, 'Whatever.
Quote examples
Phil Daniels
English Actor
In my game, you get brokenhearted a bit. You do a play, get a bad review in the papers... actors are sensitive; you think of all the work you've done, and it breaks your heart, but you learn to shrug it off and to carry on.
Quote examples
Jonathan Davis
American Musician
A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it.
Quote examples
Phillip Noyce
Australian Director
People just don't laugh when their family is violated, and you don't shrug it off. You band together and you defend together. It's a funny, primitive instinct.
Quote examples
John Burnside
Scottish Writer
A man was defined, in my father's circles, by what he could bear, the pain he could shrug off, the warmth or comfort he could deny himself.
Quote examples
Lech Walesa
Polish Politician
People always ask me, 'Lech, aren't you afraid of being killed?' And as an answer I shrug my shoulders.
Quote examples
Alun Wyn Jones
Welsh Athlete
If I make a mistake, I just shrug it off and carry on.
Quote examples
Vince Lombardi
American Coach
If you can shrug off a loss, you can't be a winner.
Quote examples
Steve Bannon
American Public Servant
Facts get shares; opinions get shrugs.
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