Similar words: shrug off, drug, shrimp, shrink, mushroom, struggle for, struggle against. Meaning: [ʃrʌg] 
n. a gesture involving the shoulders. v. raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation.
n. a gesture involving the shoulders. v. raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation. 121. In Buffalo or Missoula, a 20-inch snowfall might get a half-hearted shrug.
122. It is wrong to shrug off this kind of disease.