shrugging

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of shrug

noun

1. The act of one who shrugs.

   “And in our times, in Philadelphia, there have been specimens of violent shruggings of the shoulders, and brachial twitches, and prodigious wry faces, and thumpings on the pews.”

   “My crucial mistake was shrugging instead of shaking my head.”