A clueless or ignorant person with a narrow point of view.
-What is metamorphosis
-I really don't know, maybe ask Freddie?
-Why bother he's such a shrug!
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Friend: Hello, how ya doin?
That kid: *shrug*
Friend: Well uh... we have English class together, right?
That Kid: *shrug*
Friend: CAN YOU PLEASE STOP SHRUGGING
That kid: *shrug*
Friend: ...You wanna come to my house?
That kid: HELL NAH
I like to shrug when my girlfriend asks me to apologize. Oh wait- I lost mine like twenty years ago.
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To ignore something, not let a problem get you. An effective and mature thing to do when its a situation that can't hurt you and/or is beyond your control.
Sam got the vibe that the two co-workers were envious and didn't want to see him do well, but he knew to shrug it off.
by DaveyDuo August 23, 2009
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to brush something aside, to deny it or minimize it with a shrug
to shrug off an argument
-he said she told him that because she was jealous
-she shrugged it off
by Patrick Mangou February 15, 2009
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It's use dates back to Kanye West during the now famous '2009 MTV Video Music Awards' before handing the microphone back to a stunned Taylor Swift.

The ultimate conversation ending act. It is the body's verbalization of the word 'ummuuhunmhh'.

The sound you make when you say "I don't know" without opening your mouth and running the words all together so it sounds like "iounknow'

When used online must be preceded and super-ceded by asterisks...

ex. *kanye shrug*

To be used only when total finality of the conversation is needed with no further explanation.
Yo Taylor!

I'm really happy for you, I'm gonna let you finish....but Beyonce HAD ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS OF ALL TIME!!!

OF ALL TIME!
*kanye shrug*
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Father: "Sweetie you won't get any presents for you 6th birthday or christmas because daddy failed a random drug test at work and got laid off"

Daughter: No christmas presents????

Father: *kanye shrug*

Daughter: *cries*
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I'm sorry New Yorkers, compared to Jay-Z's other albums, BP3 was trash...

*kanye shrug*
by ThatHotFishGrease.com September 26, 2009
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exclusive bar in east new york, brooklyn. also a phrase used to reply to text messages you are unsure of how to answer, are drunk, and are shrugging and hanging out with a dog. first you send the shrug and dog emoji, and then you shrug dog.
Imma be at shrugdog tonight, come by.

Sit on my face.”

-shrug dog
by st.misto June 01, 2018
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