shrug

About 1.43 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of knowledge about something.

   He dismissed my comment with a shrug.

2. noun A cropped, cardiganlike garment with short or long sleeves, typically knitted.
3. verb To raise (the shoulders) to express uncertainty, lack of concern, (formerly) dread, etc.

   I asked him for an answer and he just shrugged.

Similar words

ignore shrink eliminate brush off wave off spurn dismiss disregard flout downplay

Often followed by

of and off their his it your that my

Word family

shrugged shrugging shrugs