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shrugger

shrugger noun: one who shrugs.

Noun

shrugger (plural shruggers)

  1. One who shrugs.
    • Shruggers hunch their shoulders, a movement unconsciously meant to protect your neck, signaling that the shrugger is reacting to a real or imagined threat.2011, Liz Sonneborn, Nonverbal Communication: The Art of Body Language, page 40

Forms of shrugger

pluralshruggers

Origin of shrugger

From shrug + -er.

Words that rhyme with shrugger

9 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about shrugger

What does shrugger mean?
Shrugger means one who shrugs.
What part of speech is shrugger?
Shrugger is a noun.
What is the plural of shrugger?
The plural of shrugger is shruggers.

Words near shrugger in the dictionary

  1. shruff
  2. shrug
  3. shrug off
  4. shrugged
  5. shrugged off
  6. shrugger
  7. shruggers
  8. shruggie
  9. shruggies
  10. shrugging
  11. shrugging off

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