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Definition of Shrimpy
1. Adjective. (used especially of persons) of inferior size.
Similar to: Little, Small
Derivative terms: Puniness, Runt, Runtiness, Shrimp
Definition of Shrimpy
1. Adjective. Resembling shrimp; shrimplike. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shrimpy
1. abounding in shrimp [adj SHRIMPIER, SHRIMPIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shrimpy
Literary usage of Shrimpy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1886)
"About ten paces behind, as usual, came shrimpy, all Sunday-bested, but with a
tarble downcast look on his face. "' Why, shrimpy,' calls out someone, ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"Horridly warm and shrimpy. Don't like this shallow fresh water tomfoolery after
eight and thirty thousand fathoms of the real deep briny. ..."
3. A Parody Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1904)
"... Lightly the steersman whistles a lay ; Pull with a will, for the nets are
shrimpy, Pull with a whistle, our hearts are gay ! Tuppence a quart; there are ..."
4. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1863)
"... the Greek for short-tailed, the abdomen being small and folded up under the
body; the Lobsters and shrimpy, ..."
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