"shrug" meaning in All languages combined

See shrug on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ʃrʌɡ/ [UK] Audio: En-us-shrug.ogg [US] Forms: shrug [singular], shrugs [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A shrug is the action of raising your shoulders and then lowering them in order to say you don't know or are not interested.
    Sense id: simple-shrug-en-noun-mtdXVk-9

Verb [English]

IPA: /ʃrʌɡ/ [UK] Audio: En-us-shrug.ogg [US] Forms: shrug [canonical], shrugs [third-person, singular], shrugged [past], shrugged [past, participle], shrugging [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|shrug|g}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you shrug your shoulders, you raise and then lower them in order to say you do not know or are not interested.
    Sense id: simple-shrug-en-verb-g7ssElVn
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