Usually means: Raising shoulders to express uncertainty.
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  1. shrugging: Merriam-Webster
  2. shrugging: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shrugging: Collins English Dictionary
  4. shrugging: Vocabulary.com
  5. Shrugging, shrugging: Wordnik
  6. shrugging: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. shrugging: Wiktionary
  8. shrugging: Dictionary.com
  9. shrugging: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Shrugging: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Shrugging: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. shrugging: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. shrugging: FreeDictionary.org
  14. shrugging: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shrugging)

▸ noun:  The act of one who shrugs.

Similar:
nodding, recoiling, hugging, retching, reclining, blushing, reclination, shrinkage, reshelving, reposal, more...

Opposite:
shouldering, embracing, accepting, welcoming

Phrases:
shrugging off, more...

Adjectives:
much, shoulder, general, uneven, scornful, constant, slight, frequent, half, complete, rueful

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Similar:
nodding, recoiling, hugging, retching, reclining, blushing, reclination, shrinkage, reshelving, reposal, more...

Opposite:
shouldering, embracing, accepting, welcoming

Phrases:
shrugging off, more...

Adjectives:
much, shoulder, general, uneven, scornful, constant, slight, frequent, half, complete, rueful

Colors:
    gray,     beige,     taupe,     mauve,     olive, more...



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