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1. (n.) shrimp
any of various small, long-tailed, chiefly marine decapod crustaceans of the suborder Natantia, certain species of which are used as food.
2. shrimp
a diminutive or insignificant person.
3. (v.i.) shrimp
to fish for shrimps.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME shrimpe; akin to MLG schrimpen to wrinkle)
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| Definition of 'shrimp' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) runt, shrimp, peewee, half-pint
disparaging terms for small people
2. (noun) prawn, shrimp
any of various edible decapod crustaceans
3. (verb) shrimp
small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
4. (verb) shrimp
fish for shrimp
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1. (noun) shrimp
a small shellfish
grilled shrimp
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| Definition of 'shrimp' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. shrimp
any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda
2. shrimp
in a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form
3. shrimp
in a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and Brine
4. shrimp
figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt
5. (verb) shrimp
to contract; to shrink
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Sense: a kind of small long-tailed shellfish.
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 Afrikaans: garnaal |
 Arabic: إرْبيان، قُرَيْدِس |
 Bulgarian: скарида |
 Brazilian: camarão |
 Czech: garnát |
 German: die Garnele |
 Danish: reje |
 Greek: γαρίδα |
 Spanish: camarón |
 Estonian: krevett |
 Farsi: ميگو |
 Finnish: katkarapu |
 French: crevette |
 Hebrew: חֲסִילוֹן |
 Hindi: झींगा |
 Croatian: morski račić |
 Hungarian: garnéla(rák) |
 Indonesian: udang |
 Icelandic: rækja |
 Italian: gamberetto |
 Japanese: えび |
 Korean: 새우 |
 Lithuanian: krevetė |
 Latvian: garnele |
 Malay: udang |
 Dutch: garnaal |
 Norwegian: reke |
 Polish: krewetka |
 Persian: ميگو |
 Pashto: شريمپ (يو ډول كلك پوستى ك |
 Portuguese: camarão |
 Romanian: crevetă |
 Russian: креветка |
 Slovak: garnát |
 Slovenian: kozica (rakec) |
 Serbian: škamp |
 Swedish: räka |
 Thai: กุ้งฝอย |
 Turkish: karides |
 Taiwanese: (小)小蝦 |
 Ukrainian: креветка |
 Urdu: جھینگا |
 Vietnamese: con tôm |
 Chinese: 小虾 |
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