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shrugger

noun

One who shrugs.

Scrabble 13

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Meanings

nounshrugger (plural shruggers)

plural shruggers

One who shrugs.
Shruggers hunch their shoulders, a movement unconsciously meant to protect your neck, signaling that the shrugger is reacting to a real or imagined threat.
2011, Liz Sonneborn, Nonverbal Communication: The Art of Body Language, page 40

Origin

From shrug + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with shrugger

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APA

shrugger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrugger

MLA

“shrugger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrugger. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shrugger,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrugger.

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