Shrug

Noun

 * 1) A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference.
 * He dismissed my comment with a shrug.

Verb

 * 1)  To raise the shoulders to express a lack of knowledge or certainty.
 * ''I asked him for an answer and he just shrugged.
 * 1)  To raise the shoulders to express a lack of concern or worry.
 * When he saw the problem, he just shrugged and started fixing it.

Thesaurus
accept, bearing, beck, beckon, body language, carriage, charade, chironomy, condone, countenance, dactylology, deaf-and-dumb alphabet, dumb show, gesticulate, gesticulation, gesture, gesture language, grin and abide, hand signal, kinesics, let go by, let pass, mime, motion, motion to, movement, obey, overlook, pantomime, poise, pose, posture, rise above, saw the air, shrug it off, shrug the shoulders, sign language, stance, submit to, wave the arms, yield to

Etymology
Unknown.

Noun

 * Catalan: encongiment d'espatlles
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian: slijeganje ramenima
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: schouderophalen
 * Finnish: olankohautus
 * German: Schulterzucken, Achselzucken


 * Italian: stringere le spalle
 * Portuguese: dar de ombros
 * Russian: пожимание плечами
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: encogimiento de hombros
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Croatian: slegnuti ramenima
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French: hausser les épaules
 * French: hausser les épaules


 * German: mit den Schultern zucken, mit den Achseln zucken
 * Japanese: 肩を竦める, 肩を窄める
 * Russian: пожимать плечами, пожать плечами
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish: rycka på axlarna