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Shrugged

Shrug \Shrug\ (shr[u^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shrugged (shr[u^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. Shrugging (shr[u^]g"g[i^]ng).] [Probably akin to shrink, p. p. shrunk; cf. Dan. skrugge, skrukke, to stoop, dial. Sw. skrukka, skruga, to crouch.] To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of expressing doubt, indifference, dislike, dread, or the like.

He shrugs his shoulders when you talk of securities.
--Addison.

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shrugged

vb. (en-past of: shrug)

WordNet
shrug
  1. n. a gesture involving the shoulders

  2. [also: shrugging, shrugged]

shrug
  1. v. raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation

  2. [also: shrugging, shrugged]

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Wikipedia
Shrugged

Shrugged is a comic series published by Aspen MLT, publishers of Soulfire and Fathom. It was written by Aspen founder Michael Turner. It was also contributed by then vice president Frank Mastromauro and drawn by Aspen artist Micah Gunnell.

Usage examples of "shrugged".

He shrugged and smiled—he was alive for a moment and it was the strangest smile she had ever seen: it held secret amusement, and heartbreak, and an infinite bitterness.

He shrugged, adding, "I don't give a damn about your brother James and his friends.

She shrugged, the movement running through the curve of her shoulder like a faint convulsion.

I looked past the profits of the moment, and I saw that the harder I worked, the more I tightened the noose around my throat, I saw that my energy was being poured down a sewer, that the parasites who fed on me were being fed upon in their turn, that they were caught in their own trap—and that there was no reason for it, no answer known to anyone, that the sewer pipes of the world, draining its productive blood, led into some dank fog nobody had dared to pierce, while people merely shrugged and said that life on earth could be nothing but evil.

Akston shrugged, spreading his hands in a gesture of helpless self-mockery.