Shrimp (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural shrimps, (especially collectively) shrimp for 1.
  1. any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
  2. a diminutive or insignificant person.
verb (used without object)
  1. to catch or try to catch shrimps.
adjective
  1. (of food) made with or containing shrimp: shrimp salad.
  2. of or relating to shrimp or their catching, processing, and marketing: a shrimp boat.
noun
  1. any of various chiefly marine decapod crustaceans of the genus Crangon and related genera, having a slender flattened body with a long tail and a single pair of pincers
  2. any of various similar but unrelated crustaceans, such as the opossum shrimp and mantis shrimp
  3. any of various freshwater shrimplike amphipod crustaceans of the genus Gammarus, esp G. pulex
  4. any of various shrimplike amphipod crustaceans of the genus Gammarus, esp G. locusta
  5. a diminutive person, esp a child
verb
  1. to fish for shrimps
Shrimp (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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