Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to shrug
Participle: shruged; shrugged
Gerund: shruging; shrugging
Indicative
Present
| I | shrug |
| you | shrug |
| he;she;it | shrugs |
| we | shrug |
| you | shrug |
| they | shrug |
Perfect
| I | have shruged; shrugged |
| you | have shruged; shrugged |
| he;she;it | has shruged; shrugged |
| we | have shruged; shrugged |
| you | have shruged; shrugged |
| they | have shruged; shrugged |
Past
| I | shruged; shrugged |
| you | shruged; shrugged |
| he;she;it | shruged; shrugged |
| we | shruged; shrugged |
| you | shruged; shrugged |
| they | shruged; shrugged |
Pluperfect
| I | had shruged; shrugged |
| you | had shruged; shrugged |
| he;she;it | had shruged; shrugged |
| we | had shruged; shrugged |
| you | had shruged; shrugged |
| they | had shruged; shrugged |
Future
| I | will shrug |
| you | will shrug |
| he;she;it | will shrug |
| we | will shrug |
| you | will shrug |
| they | will shrug |
Future Perfect
| I | will have shruged; shrugged |
| you | will have shruged; shrugged |
| he;she;it | will have shruged; shrugged |
| we | will have shruged; shrugged |
| you | will have shruged; shrugged |
| they | will have shruged; shrugged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | shrug |
| you | shrug |
| he;she;it | shrug |
| we | shrug |
| you | shrug |
| they | shrug |
Perfect
| I | have shruged; shrugged |
| you | have shruged; shrugged |
| he;she;it | have shruged; shrugged |
| we | have shruged; shrugged |
| you | have shruged; shrugged |
| they | have shruged; shrugged |
Imperfect
| I | shruged; shrugged |
| you | shruged; shrugged |
| he;she;it | shruged; shrugged |
| we | shruged; shrugged |
| you | shruged; shrugged |
| they | shruged; shrugged |
Pluperfect
| I | had shruged; shrugged |
| you | had shruged; shrugged |
| he;she;it | had shruged; shrugged |
| we | had shruged; shrugged |
| you | had shruged; shrugged |
| they | had shruged; shrugged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would shrug |
| you | would shrug |
| he;she;it | would shrug |
| we | would shrug |
| you | would shrug |
| they | would shrug |
Perfect
| I | would have shruged; shrugged |
| you | would have shruged; shrugged |
| he;she;it | would have shruged; shrugged |
| we | would have shruged; shrugged |
| you | would have shruged; shrugged |
| they | would have shruged; shrugged |
Imperative
| you | shrug |
| we | Let's shrug |
| you | shrug |
Verbs conjugated like 'shrug'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'shrug'
shrub,
shug,
sprug,
chug,
drug,
frug,
hug,
rug,
scrag,
scrub,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1400,
schurgyng, of uncertain origin. Perhaps connected to Dan.
skrugge "to stoop, crouch." The noun is first recorded 1594. To
shrug (something) off "dismiss" is recorded from 1909.
2. From Middle English schruggen, shrukken, probably of North Germanic origin related to Danish skrugge, skrukke (“to stoop; crouch”), Swedish skruga, skrukka (“to huddle; crouch”), all from or related to Old Norse skrykkva, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną. Compare also Old English scrincan (“to shrink”). More at shrink. See: Proto-Germanic '
*skrinkwaną', Old English '
scrincan'.
Sample Sentences
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A black friend of the black driver is sitting on a fence. The black driver recognises him by twirling his head round and round like a harlequin, rolling his eyes, shrugging his shoulders, and grinning from ear to ear. He stops short, turns to me, and says:
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] such a perfect sense of time, such a clear, untroubled head, such exact accuracy in remembering every prescription and direction of the doctors,—she was everything to him. They who had shrugged their shoulders at her little peculiarities and setnesses, so unlike the careless freedom of southern manners, acknowledged that now she was the exact person that was wanted.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)