{
    "term": "shrug",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "shrug",
            "heSheIt": "shrugs"
        },
        "pastSimple": "shrugged",
        "pastParticiple": "shrugged",
        "ingForm": "shrugging"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to raise your shoulders and then drop them to show that you do not know or care about something",
            "sensetop": "shrug something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Sam shrugged and said nothing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘I don't know,’ Anna replied, **shrugging her shoulders**.",
                    "contextForm": "shrug something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["lightly", "slightly", "carelessly"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃrʌɡ/",
                "audio": "sh/shrug/shrug__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃrʌɡz/",
                "audio": "sh/shrug/shrugs__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃrʌɡd/",
                "audio": "sh/shrug/shrugged__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃrʌɡɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sh/shrug/shrugging__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃrʌɡ/",
                "audio": "sh/shrug/shrug__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃrʌɡz/",
                "audio": "sh/shrug/shrugs__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃrʌɡd/",
                "audio": "sh/shrug/shrugged__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃrʌɡɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sh/shrug/shrugging__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘fidget’): of unknown origin."
}