shrugs

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Pronunciation

IPA /ʃɹʌɡz/

Noun

shrugs noun

A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of knowledge.“He dismissed my comment with a shrug.”
A cropped, cardigan-like garment with short or long sleeves, typically knitted.

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Synonyms

shrug off apathetic frowns apathy smirks sighed noncommittal yawns sighs headshake shirks whatever casual handwaving casualness indifference

Rhymes

do drugs thugs jugs bugs lugs tugs juggs trigs luges buggs

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