shrug
/ʃrʌɡ/
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American sound/ʃrʌɡ/
shrug
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Myanmar meaning
(n) ပခုံးတွန့်ခြင်း။ shrugs (v) မယုံကြည်ဟန်၊စိတ်မဝင်စားဟန်ပခုံးတွန့်သည်။ မသိကြောင်း နှုတ်ထွက်ကြောင်း ပခုံးတွန့်ပြသည်။ အရေးမစိုက်ဘဲထားသည်။ shrugs, shrugged, shrugging
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(မယုံကြည်ဟန်၊ စိတ်မဝင်စားဟန်) ပခုံး တွန့်သည်။ I asked her where Sam was, but she simply shrugged (ie to show she did not know or care) and said nothing. ❍ He shrugged his shoulders and walked away.
n (usu sing ) ပခုံးတွန့်ခြင်း။ give a resigned shrug (of the shoulders).
❏ shrug sth off [PHRV ] အရေးမစိုက်ဘဲထားသည်။ The government is trying to shrug off blame for the economic crisis. ❍ She shrugged off a minor knee injury in order to play in the final.
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sign, signal, gesticulation, motion, wave, nod, action, body language, bounce, bow, bump, curtsy, dance, expression, flick, fling, flip, flop, genuflection, gesture, grab, high sign, hook, hurtle, indication, intimation, jolt, kinesics, lug, mime, pantomime, pluck, pull, quake, quiver, reminder, salute, seize, shiver, sign language, sling, snag, snatch, throw, thrust, token, tug, tweak, twitch, vellicate, whisk, wiggle, wink, wrench, wrest, wriggle, wring, yank
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