Dictionary Entry
shrug
shrug is a 5-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 5 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like.
- 2intransitive verb
To raise or draw up the shoulders, as in expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like.
- 3noun
A drawing up of the shoulders, -- a motion usually expressing dislike, dread, or doubt.
- 4noun
a gesture involving the shoulders
- 5verb
raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
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