Any of various small, chiefly marine decapod crustaceans of the suborder Natantia, many species of which are edible, having a compressed or elongated body with a well-developed abdomen, long legs and antennae, and a long spinelike projection of the carapace.
Any of various similar crustaceans, such as certain isopods and amphipods.
A person regarded as unimportant.
A person who is small in stature.
Slang
A person regarded as unimportant.
A person who is small in stature.
intr.v.
shrimped, shrimp·ing, shrimps To fish for shrimp.
[Middle English shrimpe, possibly of Low German origin.] shrimp'er n.