shrugging
/ˈʃɹʌɡɪŋ/
shrugging noun: the act of one who shrugs. Also the present participle and gerund of shrug.
Noun
shrugging (plural shruggings)
- The act of one who shrugs.
- 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.1824, William Craig Brownlee, A careful and free inquiry into the true nature and tendency of the religious principles of the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers
- My crucial mistake was shrugging instead of shaking my head.2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.2, at p.36
Also used as
shrugging is also the present participle and gerund of shrug.
Forms of shrugging
| plural | shruggings |
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Words that rhyme with shrugging
Questions about shrugging
- What does shrugging mean?
- Shrugging means the act of one who shrugs.
- What part of speech is shrugging?
- Shrugging is a noun.
- How do you pronounce shrugging?
- Shrugging is pronounced /ˈʃɹʌɡɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of shrugging?
- The plural of shrugging is shruggings.
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