Usually means: Ignoring someone deliberately; social snub.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word cold-shoulder:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. cold-shoulder: Merriam-Webster
  2. cold-shoulder, cold-shoulder: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cold-shoulder: Vocabulary.com
  4. cold-shoulder: Wordnik
  5. cold-shoulder: Wiktionary
  6. cold-shoulder: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. cold-shoulder: Dictionary.com
  8. cold-shoulder: Rhymezone
  9. cold-shoulder: FreeDictionary.org
  10. cold-shoulder: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. cold-shoulder: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cold-shoulder: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cold-shoulder: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cold-shoulder: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cold-shoulder: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cold-shoulder)

verb:  To disrespect someone, especially by ignoring them.

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