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1 shrug
هَزَّ الكَتِفَيْن استِخْفَافًا \ shrug: a shrugging movement: He replied with a shrug of his shoulders. \ هَزَّ كَتِفَيْه للدّلالة على عَدَم الاكْتِراث \ shrug: to raise (one’s shoulders) slightly, so as to show that one does not care. -
2 mit einem Schulterzucken
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3 achselzuckend
Adv. shrugging one’s shoulders, with a shrug; achselzuckend über etw. hinweggehen shrug s.th. off* * *ạch|sel|zu|ckend1. adjshrugging2. advwith a shrug of one's shoulderser stand achselzuckend da — he stood there shrugging his shoulders
* * *ach·sel·zu·ckendI. adj shruggingII. adv with a shrug [of the shoulders]* * *Adjektiv shrugginger ging achselzuckend hinaus — he went out with a shrug [of the shoulders]
* * *achselzuckend adv shrugging one’s shoulders, with a shrug;achselzuckend über etwas hinweggehen shrug sth off* * *Adjektiv shrugginger ging achselzuckend hinaus — he went out with a shrug [of the shoulders]
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4 Achselzucken
* * *das Achselzuckenshrug* * *Ạch|sel|zu|ckennt -s, no plshrugmit einem Achselzucken — with a shrug ( of one's shoulders)
* * *(an act of shrugging: She gave a shrug of disbelief.) shrug* * *Ach·sel·zu·cken<->nt kein pl shrug [of the shoulders]* * *das shrug [of the shoulders]* * *Achselzucken n shrug (of the shoulders);mit einem Achselzucken abtun shrug sth off* * *das shrug [of the shoulders]* * *n.shrug n.shrug of the shoulders n. -
5 abtun
v/t (unreg., trennb., hat -ge-)1. umg. (Brille, Schürze) take off allg.2. (Argumente etc.) brush aside, pooh-pooh umg.; (auch jemanden) dismiss; pass off ( als as); etw. mit einem Achselzucken / Lachen abtun shrug / laugh s.th. off; und damit ist es abgetan? and that’s the end of it?3. altm. (töten) dispatch* * *das Abtundismissal* * *ạb|tunvt sep1) (fig = beiseiteschieben) to dismissetw mit einem Achselzucken/einem Lachen abtun — to shrug/laugh sth off
See:→ auch abgetan2) (dial = ablegen) to take off* * *(to put out (a batsman) at cricket by catching the ball after it has been hit and before it touches the ground.) catch out* * *ab|tun1. (keine Wichtigkeit beimessen)etw mit einem Achselzucken/Lächeln \abtun to dismiss sth with a shrug/laugh, to shrug/laugh sth off▪ etw als etw \abtun to dismiss sth as sthals jugendlichen Übermut kann man diese Gewalttaten nicht \abtun these acts of violence cannot be dismissed as youthful high spiritslassen wir es damit abgetan sein let that be an end to iteine Sache so schnell wie möglich \abtun to deal [or have done] with sth as quickly as possible* * *unregelmäßiges transitives Verb dismiss* * *abtun v/t (irr, trennb, hat -ge-)als as);etwas mit einem Achselzucken/Lachen abtun shrug/laugh sth off;und damit ist es abgetan? and that’s the end of it?3. obs (töten) dispatch* * *unregelmäßiges transitives Verb dismiss* * *v.to shrug off v. -
6 Schulterzucken
n; -s, kein Pl. shrug (of the shoulders); die Antwort war ein Schulterzucken he ( oder she) answered with a shrug* * *Schụl|ter|zu|ckennt -s, no plshrug (of the shoulders)die Antwort war ein Schulterzucken — he/she answered with a shrug, he/she shrugged in reply
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7 encogimiento
m.1 contraction, contracting, drawing together or shortening; constriction, corrugation.2 pusillanimity, want of resolution.3 lowness of spirits.4 humility, submission, resignation.Encogimiento de los costados (Naut.) the tumbling home or housing in of the sides of a ship5 shrinkage, contraction, shrink.6 retraction.* * *1 (de tejido) shrinkage2 (del cuerpo) hunching\encogimiento de hombros shrug of the shoulders* * *SM1) [de tejidos] shrinking2)3) (=timidez) shyness, bashfulness* * *= shrinkage.Ex. DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.----* encogimiento de hombros = shrug.* * *= shrinkage.Ex: DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.
* encogimiento de hombros = shrug.* * *1 (de hombros) shrug2 (del cuerpo) shrinking3 (timidez) shyness* * *encogimiento nm1. [reducción] shrinkage;con un encogimiento de hombros with a shrug of the shoulders2. [timidez] shyness;[cobardía] faint-heartedness* * *m1 de material shrinkage;encogimiento de hombros shrug2 de persona shyness* * *encogimiento nm1) : shrinking, shrinkage2) : shrug3) timidez: shyness -
8 ¡ni idea!
¡ni idea!no idea!, not a clue!* * *= beats me!, beats me!Ex. 'beats me!' responded her listener with a shrug.Ex. 'beats me!' responded her listener with a shrug.* * *= beats me!, beats me!Ex: 'beats me!' responded her listener with a shrug.
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9 haussement
’osmɑ̃* * *'osmɑ̃ nmhaussement de sourcils;... demanda-t-elle avec un haussement de sourcils ironique. —... she asked, raising her eyebrows ironically.
* * *haussement nm ( d'épaules) shrug; elle eut un haussement d'épaules she shrugged her shoulders; il marqua son intérêt par un haussement de sourcils he raised his eyebrows in an interested way.[ʼosmɑ̃] nom masculin -
10 هز
هَزَّ \ jolt: to shake suddenly: Don’t jolt the table when I’m writing. rock: to swing or shake from side to side: A wave rocked the boat. An explosion rocked the building. shake;: (p.t. shook) to shock: We were shaken by the news of his death, move quickly from side to side, or up and down I shook the sand out of my shoes. He shook his head from side to side, to show disagreement (the opposite of nod). \ هَزَّ \ swing: to move from side to side or in a curve: The door was swinging in the wind. He swung the little boy on to his shoulder. \ هَزَّ \ shook (p.t. of shake). \ See Also إلخ \ هَزَّ بعنف \ jerk: to pull or move suddenly and roughly: He jerked the cloth off the table. \ See Also نثر (نَثَرَ) \ هَزَّ رأسه \ nod: to bend (the head) forward a little esp. as a sign of agreement: I asked whether she was ready, and she nodded (her head). \ هَزَّ الكَتِفَيْن استِخْفَافًا \ shrug: a shrugging movement: He replied with a shrug of his shoulders. \ هَزَّ كَتِفَيْه للدّلالة على عَدَم الاكْتِراث \ shrug: to raise (one’s shoulders) slightly, so as to show that one does not care. \ هَزَّ من جانب لآخر (ذيل الكلب) \ wag: (esp. of a dog’s tail) to move from side to side. -
11 abtun
ab| tunetw [mit etw] \abtun to dismiss sth [with sth];etw mit einem Achselzucken/Lächeln \abtun to dismiss sth with a shrug/laugh, to shrug/laugh sth off;etw als etw \abtun to dismiss sth as sth;als jugendlichen Übermut kann man diese Gewalttaten nicht \abtun these acts of violence cannot be dismissed as youthful high spirits[mit etw] abgetan sein to be settled [by sth];lassen wir es damit abgetan sein let that be an end to it;eine Sache so schnell wie möglich \abtun to deal [or have done] with sth as quickly as possible -
12 schouderophalen
1 shrug♦voorbeelden:Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > schouderophalen
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13 en
en [ɑ̃]━━━━━━━━━1. preposition2. pronoun━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <a. (lieu: situation) in• vivre en France/Normandie to live in France/Normandy• il habite en banlieue/ville he lives in the suburbs/the town• il voyage en Grèce/Corse he's travelling around Greece/Corsicab. (lieu: mouvement) to• aller or partir en Angleterre/Normandie to go to England/Normandye. ( = chez) ce que j'aime en lui, c'est son courage what I like about him is his couragef. ( = habillé de) ing. (description, composition) in• c'est en quoi ? (inf) what's it made of?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► En anglais, un nom en apposition remplace souvent l'adjectif pour décrire la matière dont quelque chose est fait.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► en + comparatif• c'est son frère en mieux he's like his brother, only betterh. ( = comme un) agir en tyran to act like a tyrant• en bon politicien, il... being the skilled politician he is, he...i. ( = dans le domaine de) en politique in politics• ce que je préfère en musique, c'est... what I like best in the way of music is...• diplôme en droit/histoire law/history degreek. ► en + participe présent• « non » dit-il en haussant les épaules "no", he said with a shrug━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque en exprime une cause, il est traduit par by.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• en disant cela, il s'est fait des ennemis he made enemies by saying that2. <a. (lieu) quand va-t-il à Nice ? -- il en revient when is he off to Nice? -- he's just come back• voulez-vous des pommes ? il y en a encore would you like some apples? there are still some leftd. (objet) rendez-moi mon stylo, j'en ai besoin give me back my pen - I need it• qu'est-ce que tu en feras ? what will you do with it (or them)?• tu en as eu de beaux jouets à Noël ! what lovely toys you got for Christmas!• c'est une bonne classe, les professeurs en sont contents they are a good class and the teachers are pleased with them• je t'en donne 100 € I'll give you 100 euros for ite. ► en être• où en est-il dans ses études ? how far has he got with his studies?• elle, mentir ? elle en est incapable she couldn't lie if she tried* * *œɛn* * *abr nf Éducation nationaleSee:* * *en ⇒ Note d'usageA prép1 ( lieu) ( où l'on est) in; ( où l'on va) to; ( mouvement vers l'intérieur) into; vivre en France/province/ville to live in France/the provinces/town; voyager en Chine to travel in China; aller en Allemagne to go to Germany; monter en voiture to get into a car; aller en ville to go into town; le train va entrer en gare the train is about to enter the station; se promener en ville to stroll around town;2 ( temps) ( époque) in; ( moment déterminé) in; ( en l'espace de) in; en hiver/1991 in winter/1991; je prendrai mes vacances en septembre I'm taking my vacation in September; il a fait ce travail en dix jours he completed the work in ten days; en semaine, il mange à la cantine during the week he eats in the canteen;3 ( moyens de transport) by; voyager en train/avion/voiture/bateau to travel by train ou rail/plane ou air/car/boat; je suis venu en taxi I came by taxi; aller à Marseille en avion/voiture to fly/to drive to Marseilles; nous avons fait un tour en barque we went out in a rowing-boat; descendre la rivière en aviron to row down the river;4 (manière, état) elle était tout en vert/blanc she was all in green/white; il est toujours en manteau/cravate he always wears a coat/tie; un ouvrage en vers/français/trois volumes a work in verse/French/three volumes; elle était très en forme/beauté she was looking very fit/beautiful;5 ( comme) ( en qualité de) as; ( de la même manière que) like; je vous parle en ami/connaisseur I'm speaking (to you) as a friend/connoisseur; j'ai eu ce livre en cadeau/récompense/souvenir I was given this book as a present/prize/souvenir; il nous considèrent en ennemis they see us as enemies; il me traite en ennemie he treats me like an enemy; agir en traître/dictateur to act like a traitor/dictator, to act in a treacherous/dictatorial way;6 ( transformation) into; ils se séparèrent en plusieurs groupes they broke up into several groups; traduire en anglais to translate into English; changer des euros en dollars to change euros into dollars;7 ( matière) made of; c'est en quoi? what is it made of?; c'est en or/plastique it's (made of) gold/plastic; c'est en bois it's made of wood, it's wooden; une montre en or a gold watch ; une veste en laine a woollenGB jacket; le cadre est en alliage the frame is alloy, it's an alloy frame;8 ( pour indiquer une variante) son fils, c'est lui en miniature his son is just like him only smaller, his son is a smaller version of him; je voudrais le même en plus grand I'd like the same only bigger; je voudrais la même en bleu I'd like the same in blue;9 (indique le domaine, la discipline) in; en politique/affaires il faut être rusé in politics/business you have to be clever; idée fondamentale en droit français fundamental idea in French law; en théorie, c'est exact in theory, it's correct; licencié en droit bachelor of law; docteur en médecine doctor of medicine; être bon en histoire to be good at history;10 (mesures, dimensions) in; compter en secondes/années to count in seconds/years; les draps se font en 90 et en 140 the sheets are available in single and double; le mur fait trois mètres en hauteur et six en longueur the wall is three metresGB high and six metresGB long; en profondeur, il y a assez d'espace pour la bibliothèque mais pas en hauteur the space is deep enough for the bookshelves but not high enough; en largeur, il y a la place pour une piscine mais pas en longueur widthwise, there's (enough) room for a swimming pool but not lengthwise.B pron1 ( le moyen) si les abricots sont abîmés, fais-en de la confiture if the apricots are bruised make jam with them; prends cette couverture et couvre-t'en take this blanket and cover yourself with it; il sortit son épée et l'en transperça he took out his sword and ran him through;2 ( la cause) ça l'a tellement bouleversé qu'il en est tombé malade it distressed him so much that he fell ill GB ou became sick US; il a eu un cancer et il en est mort he got cancer and died; elle a eu un accident de voiture et elle en est restée paralysée/infirme she had a car accident which left her paralysedGB/disabled;3 ○( emphatique) tu en as un beau chapeau! what a nice hat you've got!; eh bien! on s'en souviendra de ce dimanche! well, we won't forget this Sunday in a hurry!; je n'en veux pas de tes excuses○! I'm not interested in your excuses; et moi, je n'en ai pas des soucis, peut-être! do you think I haven't got worries too!; j'en connais qui seraient contents I know some who would be pleased.[ɑ̃] prépositionen 40 ans de carrière... in my 40 years in the job...B.[DANS L'ESPACE]1. [indiquant - la situation] in ; [ - la direction] tose promener en forêt/en ville to walk in the forest/around the town2. (figuré)en moi-même, j'avais toujours cet espoir deep down ou in my heart of hearts, I still had that hopeC.[INDIQUANT LE DOMAINE]1. [pour des connaissances]bon en latin/physique good at Latin/physics2. [dans une situation]en cela ou ce en quoi il n'a pas tort and I have to say he's right ou not wrong thereD.[INDIQUANT LA COMPOSITION] [pour des objets]chaise en bois/fer wooden/iron chairE.[INDIQUANT LA MANIÈRE, LE MOYEN]1. [marquant l'état, la forme, la manière]être en colère/en rage to be angry/in a rageen véritable ami, il m'a prévenu good friend that he is ou being a true friend, he warned meil était en pyjama he was in his pyjamas, he had his pyjamas onfaire quelque chose en cachette/en vitesse/en douceur to do something secretly/quickly/smoothlyune rue en pente a street on a slope ou a hill2. [introduisant une mesure] in3. [indiquant une transformation] into4. [marquant le moyen]en voiture/train by car/trainF.[AVEC LE GÉRONDIF]1. [indiquant la simultanéité]rien qu'en le voyant, elle se met en colère she gets angry just seeing him, the mere sight of him makes her angrytout en marchant, elles tentaient de trouver une réponse while walking ou as they walked, they tried to find an answer2. [indiquant la concession, l'opposition]en étant plus conciliant, il ne changeait toujours pas d'avis whilst ou although he was more conciliatory, he still wouldn't change his mind3. [indiquant la cause, le moyen, la manière]4. [introduisant une condition, une supposition] ifen prenant un cas concret, on voit que... if we take a concrete example, we can see that...en supposant que... supposing that...G.[INTRODUISANT LE COMPLÉMENT DU VERBE] incroire en quelqu'un/quelque chose to believe in somebody/something————————[ɑ̃] pronomA.[COMPLÉMENT DU VERBE]1. [indiquant le lieu]il faudra que tu ailles à la poste — j'en viens you'll have to go to the post office — I've just got back from ou just been there2. [indiquant la cause, l'agent]on en meurt you can die of ou from it3. [complément d'objet]voilà des fraises/du lait, donne-lui-en here are some strawberries/here's some milk, give him somesi tu n'aimes pas la viande/les olives, n'en mange pas if you don't like meat/olives, don't eat anytous les invités ne sont pas arrivés, il en manque deux all the guests haven't arrived yet, two are missingtu en as acheté beaucoup you've bought a lot (of it/of them)4. [avec une valeur emphatique]tu en as de la chance! you really are lucky, you are!5. [complément d'objet indirect] about it6. [comme attribut]B.[EN COMPLÉMENT]1. [du nom ou du pronom]2. [de l'adjectif]sa maison en est pleine his house is full of it/themC.[LOCUTIONS] [locutions verbales]s'en prendre à quelqu'un to blame ou to attack somebodyil n'en croit pas ses oreilles/yeux he can't believe his ears/eyes -
14 с головы до ног
с (от) головы до ног (до пят), тж. с ног до головыразг.1) (целиком, полностью, всем телом) from head to foot; from top to toeОн стоял озадаченный, обнимал её и чувствовал, как вся она с головы до ног вздрагивает от бесшумных рыданий. (С. Антонов, Тётя Луша) — He stood wonderingly, put his arms around her and felt her body shaken from head to foot with silent weeping.
Февральская метель обдала его снегом с ног до головы, ожгла жёсткой влагой. (Ю. Бондарев, Выбор) — The February blizzard blanketed him with snowflakes from head to toe, lashed him with harsh wetness.
Саша курил уже седьмую сигарету. Волнение медленно охватывало его с ног до головы. (В. Аксёнов, Коллеги) — Sasha lit his seventh cigarette. Every inch of his body was tense, from the top of his head to the soles of his feet.
2) (во всём - в мыслях, поступках и т. п. быть кем-либо, каким-либо) to the bone; through and through[Нина Георгиевна] сказала Ольге: "Валя пишет, что довольна жизнью, а тон писем какой-то печальный". Ольга пожала плечами: "Ничего тут нет удивительного, она должна быть трагичной, даже когда ей хорошо, - не забывай, что это актриса с головы до ног". (И. Эренбург, Девятый вал) — 'Valya writes that she's contented with her life,' she once said to Olga, 'but there's something sad in her letters,' to which Olga had replied with a shrug: 'It's not surprising, she always dramatises herself even when all's well with her. Don't forget she's an actress through and through.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > с головы до ног
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15 за компанию
( с кем) ( делать что-либо)разг.do smth. for company; keep smb. company; do smth. along with smb.; do smth. < just> to be sociable- Не след тебе, Феденька, чуждаться. Пошел бы, выпил за компанию. (В. Тендряков, Не ко двору) — 'You oughtn't to go off by yourself like this, Fyodor. Come in and join us all, just for company.'
Чуть-чуть исправился аппетит - иной раз она за компанию с Матвеем съедала полблюдечка манной каши. (И. Грекова, Кафедра) — Her appetite showed a slight improvement - now and then she managed to eat half a bowl of semolina along with Matvei.
- Купаться хочу, - сказала Нина, поводя плечами. - Возьмите меня за компанию, - предложил я. (Б. Можаев, Трое) — 'I think I'd like a swim,' she said with a shrug. 'Can I keep you company?' I offered.
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16 К-163
НИ КОЖИ НИ РОЖИ (у кого) highly coll, derog НИ КОЖИ, НИ РОЖИ, НИ ВЕДЕНИЯ у кого obs NP gen these forms only subj / gen with бытье or detached modif fixed WOs.o. is very homely and usu. thin: (y X-a) \К-163 — (equivalents vary depending on the speaker's attitude to the person addressed or described) X is not much to look atX is no feast for the eyes X is (as) ugly as sin.Он долго думал, долго ловил какую-нибудь угловатую черту, за которую можно было бы уцепиться, в наружности, в манерах или в характере этого лица, наконец, махнув рукой, выражался так: «А у этого ни кожи, ни рожи, ни ведения» (Гончаров 1). Не would ponder, try to seize on some outstanding feature of the face, the figure, or the manner of the man, then say with a shrug: "He's not much to look at and he doesn't know anything" (1a). -
17 ни кожи ни рожи
• НИ КОЖИ НИ РОЖИ (у кого) highly coll, derog; НИ КОЖИ, НИ РОЖИ, НИ ВЕДЕНИЯ у кого obs[NPgen; these forms only; subj/ gen with быть or detached modif; fixed WO]=====⇒ s.o. is very homely and usu. thin:- (y X-a) ни кожи ни рожи - [equivalents vary depending on the speaker's attitude to the person addressed or described] X is not much to look at;- X is (as) ugly as sin.♦ Он долго думал, долго ловил какую-нибудь угловатую черту, за которую можно было бы уцепиться, в наружности, в манерах или в характере этого лица, наконец, махнув рукой, выражался так: "А у этого ни кожи, ни рожи, ни ведения" (Гончаров 1). He would ponder, try to seize on some outstanding feature of the face, the figure, or the manner of the man, then say with a shrug: "He's not much to look at and he doesn't know anything" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ни кожи ни рожи
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18 ни кожи, ни рожи, ни ведения
• НИ КОЖИ НИ РОЖИ (у кого) highly coll, derog; НИ КОЖИ, НИ РОЖИ, НИ ВЕДЕНИЯ у кого obs[NPgen; these forms only; subj/ gen with быть or detached modif; fixed WO]=====⇒ s.o. is very homely and usu. thin:- (y X-a) ни кожи, ни рожи, ни ведения - [equivalents vary depending on the speaker's attitude to the person addressed or described] X is not much to look at;- X is (as) ugly as sin.♦ Он долго думал, долго ловил какую-нибудь угловатую черту, за которую можно было бы уцепиться, в наружности, в манерах или в характере этого лица, наконец, махнув рукой, выражался так: "А у этого ни кожи, ни рожи, ни ведения" (Гончаров 1). He would ponder, try to seize on some outstanding feature of the face, the figure, or the manner of the man, then say with a shrug: "He's not much to look at and he doesn't know anything" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ни кожи, ни рожи, ни ведения
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19 con indiferencia
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20 zb|yć
pf — zb|ywać1 impf (zbędziesz — zbywam) vt 1. książk. (sprzedać) to sell (up), to move [akcje, majątki]; to sell off [towar, nadwyżki] 2. (zlekceważyć) to brush [sb] off a. aside, to brush off a. aside- zbyć kogoś żartem to brush sb off a. to dismiss sb with a joke- zbył mnie śmiechem he laughed me off- zbył jej pytanie wzruszeniem ramion he dismissed her question with a shrug■ robić coś aby a. byle zbyć to do sth in a slapdash way, to do sth sloppily- pisać/malować byle zbyć to write/paint sloppilyThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > zb|yć
См. также в других словарях:
shrug — shrug, n. A gesture consisting of drawing up the shoulders, a motion usually expressing doubt, indifference, or dislike; it is sometimes accompanied by a slight turning of the hands outward or upward. Such a gesture may be made, as in answering… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shrug — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little, slight, small ▪ simple ▪ The answer was a simple shrug. ▪ careless, indifferent … Collocations dictionary
shrug — 01. The young boy [shrugged] when his teacher asked him why he hadn t done his homework. 02. When I asked him what the matter was, he just [shrugged] and looked away. 03. The little girl [shrugged] her shoulders when her mother asked her if… … Grammatical examples in English
shrug — shrug1 W3 [ʃrʌg] v past tense and past participle shrugged present participle shrugging [I and T] to raise and then lower your shoulders in order to show that you do not know something or do not care about something ▪ I just shrugged my shoulders … Dictionary of contemporary English
shrug — I n. with a shrug (of the shoulders) II v. (D; intr.) to shrug at ( to express indifference to ) (she shrugged at the suggestion) * * * [ʃrʌg] with a shrug (of the shoulders) (D; intr.) to shrug at (she shrugged at the suggestion; to express… … Combinatory dictionary
shrug — [[t]ʃrʌ̱g[/t]] shrugs, shrugging, shrugged VERB If you shrug, you raise your shoulders to show that you are not interested in something or that you do not know or care about something. I shrugged, as if to say, Why not? ... [V n] The man shrugged … English dictionary
shrug — 1. noun A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference. He dismissed my comment with a shrug. 2. verb a) To raise the shoulders to express a lack of knowledge or certainty … Wiktionary
shrug — [shrug] vt., vi. shrugged, shrugging [ME schruggen, orig., to shiver (as with cold)] to draw up (the shoulders), as in expressing indifference, doubt, disdain, contempt, etc. n. 1. the gesture so made 2. a woman s short jacket or sweater with… … English World dictionary
shrug something off — shrug (something) off to act as if something is unimportant or not a problem. Although constantly troubled by a lack of money, he was able to shrug it off with a joke. The runner has been trying hard to shrug off a back injury that doesn t seem… … New idioms dictionary
shrug off — shrug (something) off to act as if something is unimportant or not a problem. Although constantly troubled by a lack of money, he was able to shrug it off with a joke. The runner has been trying hard to shrug off a back injury that doesn t seem… … New idioms dictionary
shrug somebody away — ˌshrug sb/sth ˈoff/aˈway derived to push sb/sth back or away with your shoulders • Kevin shrugged off his jacket. • She shrugged him away angrily. Main entry: ↑shrugderived … Useful english dictionary