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shruggy

shruggy adjective: resembling or characteristic of a shrug (gesture).

Adjective

shruggy (comparative more shruggy, superlative most shruggy)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a shrug (gesture).
    • FANNY turns slowly to TILDA. TILDA gives a little, shruggy, affectionate gesture, as if to apologise.1980, David Edgar, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
  2. (informal) Inclined to shrug; uncaring or apathetic.
    • I want to say, “Then why were you all shruggy and silent and abandon-your-friends-ish?” But he did endure youth group with me. So maybe they sort of even out.2012, Lucas Klauss, Everything You Need to Survive the Apocalypse, page 41

Forms of shruggy

comparativemore shruggy
superlativemost shruggy

Origin of shruggy

From shrug + -y.

Questions about shruggy

What does shruggy mean?
Shruggy means resembling or characteristic of a shrug (gesture).
What part of speech is shruggy?
Shruggy is an adjective.

Words near shruggy in the dictionary

  1. shruggies
  2. shrugging
  3. shrugging off
  4. shruggingly
  5. shruggings
  6. shruggy
  7. shrugs
  8. shrugs off
  9. Shrum
  10. shrump
  11. shrumped

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