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Meaning of shrimp

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

shrimp

Pronunciation:/ʃɹɪmp/

noun

Definitions

  1. Any of many swimming, often edible crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen.

  2. The flesh of such crustaceans.

  3. A small, puny or unimportant person.

verb

Definitions

  1. To fish for shrimp.

  2. To contract; to shrink.