Shrugging

//ˈʃɹʌɡɪŋ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who shrugs.

    "And in our times, in Philadelphia, there have been specimens of violent shruggings of the shoulders, and brachial twitches, and prodigious wry faces, and thumpings on the pews."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of shrug form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"Why are you shrugging your shoulders?"

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