omuz silk

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Definition of omuz silk in Turkish English dictionary

{f} shrug

Tom and Mary looked at each other and shrugged. - Tom ve Mary birbirine baktı ve omuz silkti.

Tom answered with another shrug. - Tom başka bir omuz silkme ile cevap verdi.

A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference

He dismissed my comment with a shrug.

To raise the shoulders to express a lack of knowledge or certainty

I asked him for an answer and he just shrugged.

{n} a contracted motion of the shoulders

{v} to contract, raise, draw up

a gesture involving the shoulders raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation

A drawing up of the shoulders, a motion usually expressing dislike, dread, or doubt

To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like

To raise or draw up the shoulders, as in expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like

{f} raise and lower the shoulders to express indifference or uncertainty

To raise the shoulders to express a lack of concern or worry

raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation

If you shrug, you raise your shoulders to show that you are not interested in something or that you do not know or care about something. I shrugged, as if to say, `Why not?' The man shrugged his shoulders. Shrug is also a noun. `I suppose so,' said Anna with a shrug. to raise and then lower your shoulders in order to show that you do not know something or do not care about something. a movement of your shoulders upwards and then downwards again that you make to show that you do not know something or do not care about something with a shrug

{i} instance of raising and lowering the shoulders to express indifference or uncertainty

a gesture involving the shoulders