Definition of SHRIMP

1. Verb. Fish for shrimp. "In the summer they like to go out and SHRIMP"

Generic synonyms: Fish
Derivative terms: Shrimper

2. Noun. Disparaging terms for small people.
Exact synonyms: Half-pint, Peewee, Runt
Generic synonyms: Small Person
Derivative terms: Runty, Runty, Shrimpy

3. Noun. Any of various edible decapod crustaceans.
Exact synonyms: Prawn
Substance meronyms: Shrimp Cocktail
Generic synonyms: Seafood
Specialized synonyms: River Prawn
Derivative terms: Prawn

4. Noun. Small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible.
Generic synonyms: Decapod, Decapod Crustacean
Group relationships: Crangonidae, Family Crangonidae
Specialized synonyms: Pistol Shrimp, Snapping Shrimp
Terms within: Pleopod, Swimmeret, Prawn

Definition of SHRIMP

1. v. t. To contract; to shrink.

2. n. 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.

Definition of SHRIMP

1. Acronym. sensitive high resolution ion microprobe ¹

2. Noun. any of many small decapod crustaceans, of the infraorders ''Caridea'', many of which are edible ¹

3. Noun. the flesh of the crustaceans ¹

4. Noun. (slang) a small, puny or unimportant person ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) to fish for shrimp ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of SHRIMP

1. to catch shrimps (small marine decapods) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of SHRIMP

1. 1. 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. In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form. In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See Fairy, and Brine. 2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; in contempt. "This weak and writhled shrimp." (Shak) Opossum shrimp. The little tern (Sterna minuta). Shrimp net, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net dragged over the fishing ground. Origin: OE. Shrimp; probably so named from its shriveled appearance. See Shrimp. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shrimp

shriked
shrikelike
shrikes
shriking
shrill
shrilled
shriller
shrillest
shrillier
shrilling
shrilling(a)
shrillness
shrillnesses
shrills
shrilly
shrimp
shrimp-fish
shrimp Newburg
shrimp cocktail
shrimp sauce
shrimpboat
shrimpboats
shrimpburger
shrimpburgers
shrimped
shrimper
shrimperies
shrimpers
shrimpery

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