She gave a shrug of the shoulders.
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Shrug
Synonyms for "shrug" (58 found)
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Strong matches (17)
Noun(4 words)
dactylologydeaf-and-dumb alphabetdumb showgesticulategesticulationgesturegesture languagegrin and abidegrin and bear ithand signalkinesicslet go bylet pass
Related words (29)
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6 entriesCollocations
11 entriesbody languagecropped shrugdismissive stancehalf shrugindifferent responseknitted shrugminimization of issuenonverbal gesturenonverbal shrugshoulder shrugwool shrug
Inflections
3 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 20 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- по́ціск плячы́ма noun (gesture)
Bulgarian
1 entries- вди́гане на ра́мене noun (gesture)
Catalan
1 entries- encongiment d'espatlles noun (gesture)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 聳肩 /耸肩 noun (gesture)
Danish
1 entries- skuldertræk noun (gesture)
Dutch
1 entries- schouderophalen noun (gesture)
Esperanto
2 entries- ŝultromovado noun (gesture)
- ŝultrumado noun (gesture)
Finnish
1 entries- olankohautus noun (gesture)
French
1 entries- haussement d'épaules noun (gesture)
German
2 entries- Achselzucken noun (gesture)
- Schulterzucken noun (gesture)
Hungarian
1 entries- vállrándítás noun (gesture)
Italian
1 entries- spalluccia noun (gesture)
Polish
1 entries- wzruszenie ramionami noun (gesture)
Portuguese
2 entries- dar de ombros noun (gesture)
- encolhida de ombros noun (gesture)
Russian
1 entries- пожима́ние плеча́ми noun (gesture)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- crathadh noun (gesture)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- slijeganje ramenima noun (gesture)
- слијегање раменима noun (gesture)
Spanish
1 entries- encogimiento de hombros noun (gesture)
Swedish
1 entries- axelryckning noun (gesture)
Ukrainian
1 entries- зни́зування плечи́ма noun (gesture)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Tom answered with another shrug.
Source: tatoeba (6783025)
With a shrug and some sorrow, Europeans bid 'Adieu' to EU member Britain.
Source: tatoeba (8500873)
Shrug your shoulders.
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