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Webster 1913 Edition

Shrug

Shrug

(shrŭg)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shrugged
(shrŭgd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Shrugging
(shrŭg′gĭng)
.]
[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.

Shrug

,
Verb.
I.
To raise or draw up the shoulders, as in expressing doubt, indifference, dislike, dread, or the like.
They grin, they
shrug
.
They bow, they snarl, they snatch, they hug.
Swift.
The Spaniards talk in dialogues
Of heads and shoulders, nods and
shrugs
.
Hudibras.

Webster 1828 Edition

Shrug

SHRUG

,
Verb.
I.
To raise or draw up the shoulders, as in expressing horror or dissatisfaction.
They grin, they shrug,
They bow, they snarl, they scratch, they hug. Swift.

SHRUG

,
Noun.
A drawing up of the shoulders; a motion usually expressing dislike.
The Spaniards talk in dialogues
Of heads and shoulders, nods and shrugs. Hudibras.

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