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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shrug  \Shrug\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shrugged};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Shrugging}.]  [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  dislike,  dread,  doubt,  or  the  like 
 
  He  shrugs  his  shoulders  when  you  talk  of  securities. 
  --Addison. 




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