"shrugging" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈʃɹʌɡɪŋ/ Forms: shruggings [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌɡɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} shrugging (plural shruggings)
  1. The act of one who shrugs.
    Sense id: en-shrugging-en-noun-RY5sTiME Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈʃɹʌɡɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ʌɡɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} shrugging
  1. present participle and gerund of shrug Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: shrug
    Sense id: en-shrugging-en-verb-eqzdGI7d

Inflected forms

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          "text": "And in our times, in Philadelphia, there have been specimens of violent shruggings of the shoulders, and brachial twitches, and prodigious wry faces, and thumpings on the pews.",
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