v. t. | 1. | To contract; to shrink. | ||||||||||||
n. | 1. | (Zool.) 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 | ||||||||||||
2. | Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; - in contempt.
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Noun | 1. | shrimp - disparaging terms for small people |
2. | ![]() Synonyms: prawn | |
3. | shrimp - small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible | |
Verb | 1. | shrimp - fish for shrimp |