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{
"term": "shrug",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "shrug",
"heSheIt": "shrugs"
},
"pastSimple": "shrugged",
"pastParticiple": "shrugged",
"ingForm": "shrugging"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to raise your shoulders and then drop them to show that you do not know or care about something",
"sensetop": "shrug something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Sam shrugged and said nothing."
},
{
"text": "‘I don't know,’ Anna replied, **shrugging her shoulders**.",
"contextForm": "shrug something"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["lightly", "slightly", "carelessly"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃrʌɡ/",
"audio": "sh/shrug/shrug__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃrʌɡz/",
"audio": "sh/shrug/shrugs__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃrʌɡd/",
"audio": "sh/shrug/shrugged__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈʃrʌɡɪŋ/",
"audio": "sh/shrug/shrugging__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃrʌɡ/",
"audio": "sh/shrug/shrug__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃrʌɡz/",
"audio": "sh/shrug/shrugs__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃrʌɡd/",
"audio": "sh/shrug/shrugged__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈʃrʌɡɪŋ/",
"audio": "sh/shrug/shrugging__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘fidget’): of unknown origin."
}