Shrimp

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 prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
	2.	Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; - in contempt. This weak and writhled shrimp. - Shak. Opossum shrimp (Zool.) See under Opossum. Spector shrimp (Zool.) any slender amphipod crustacean of the genus Caprella and allied genera. See Illust. under Læmodopoda. Shrimp catcher (Zool.) the little tern (Sterna minuta). Shrimp net a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net dragged over the fishing ground.

Noun	1.	shrimp - disparaging terms for small people Synonyms: half-pint, peewee, runt
	2.	shrimp - any of various edible decapod crustaceans 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

To see shrimp in your dream, suggests that you are feeling overpowered and insignificant.Chilopoda, Chordata, Dungeness crab, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, Japanese crab, Lilliputian, Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, Tom Thumb, a nobody, a nothing, angle, bait the hook, bantam, banty, blue point, bob, brownie, button, chit, cipher, clam, common man, coquillage, crab, crawdad, crawfish, crayfish, dap, dib, dibble, diminutive, drive, dummy, dwarf, elf, featherweight, figurehead, fingerling, fish, fly-fish, gig, gnome, go fishing, grig, guddle, homunculus, insignificancy, jack, jacklight, jackstraw, jig, langouste, lightweight, limpet, little fellow, little guy, littleneck clam, lobster, man of straw, manikin, mediocrity, midge, midget, mini, minikin, minnow, minny, mouse, mussel, nebbish, net, nobody one knows, nonentity, nubbin, obscurity, oyster, peewee, periwinkle, pip-squeak, pony, prawn, punk, pygmy, quahog, runt, scallop, scrub, seine, shellfish, slip, small fry, small potato, small potatoes, snail, snip, snippet, soft-shell crab, spin, squirt, squit, steamer, still-fish, tit, torch, trawl, troll, wart, whale, whelk, whiffet, whippersnapper, wisp

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