shrug

shrug
/shrug/, v., shrugged, shrugging, n.
v.t.
1. to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc.
v.i.
2. to raise and contract the shoulders.
3. shrug off,
a. to disregard; minimize: to shrug off an insult.
b. to rid oneself of: to shrug off the effects of a drug.
n.
4. the movement of raising and contracting the shoulders.
5. a short sweater or jacket that ends above or at the waistline.
[1350-1400; (v.) ME schruggen to shudder, shrug < ?; (n.) late ME shrugge a tug, pull, deriv. of the v.]

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