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• n  a gesture involving the shoulders
• v  raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation

• After years of preparation, killer whale Keiko, the star of Free Willy, may at last return to the wild if he can only learn to shrug off humans.
• But when local TV reported the visitor was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, there was a collective shrug of the kind you might expect from Republicans catching a glimpse of her .
• But he seemed to shrug off the teasing, eating tofu and tempeh like all the other kids, playing soccer and picking guavas from the trees.

News & Articles

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• Golden Nugget odds do not favor Iowa
  Shrug or wake-up call? That's up to you
  June 11, 2013 - The Gazette
• Hong Kong stocks shrug off data to gain, as banks rise; Hang Seng Index up 0.4%
  Hong Kong stocks shrug off data to gain, as banks rise; Hang Seng Index up 0.4%
  June 10, 2013 - Market Watch
• Hastings: Shrug prevails in Sir Winston Churchill
  VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Shrug avenged his loss to Herbie D in the John Longden 6000 with a game win over Wilo Kat in the $50,000 Sir Winston Churchill at Hastings on Sunday. Sent off as the second choice in the wagering behind Herbie D, who finished third, Shrug paid $7.
  June 9, 2013 - Daily Racing Form