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shrimp

  [shrimp] noun, plural shrimps, (especially collectively) shrimp for 1, verb, adjective
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–noun
1. any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
2. Informal. a diminutive or insignificant person.
–verb (used without object)
3. to catch or try to catch shrimps.
–adjective
4. (of food) made with or containing shrimp: shrimp salad.
5. of or pertaining to shrimp or their catching, processing, and marketing: a shrimp boat.
Origin:
1300–50; ME shrimpe crustacean, puny person; akin to MHG schrimpfen to contract, OE scrimman to shrink

Related forms:
shrimplike, adjective
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On The Border® Mexican
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shrimp   (shrĭmp)   
n.   pl. shrimp or shrimps

    1. 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.

    2. Any of various similar crustaceans, such as certain isopods and amphipods.

    3. A person regarded as unimportant.

    4. A person who is small in stature.

  2. Slang

    1. A person regarded as unimportant.

    2. 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.
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