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shrimp
[ shrimp ]
noun
plural shrimps, (especially collectively) shrimp
- any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
- Informal. a diminutive or insignificant person.
verb (used without object)
- to catch or try to catch shrimps.
adjective
- (of food) made with or containing shrimp:
shrimp salad.
- of or relating to shrimp or their catching, processing, and marketing:
a shrimp boat.
shrimp
/ ʃ°ùɪ³¾±è /
noun
- 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
- any of various similar but unrelated crustaceans, such as the opossum shrimp and mantis shrimp
- Also calledfreshwater shrimp any of various freshwater shrimplike amphipod crustaceans of the genus Gammarus, esp G. pulex
- Also calledsand shrimp any of various shrimplike amphipod crustaceans of the genus Gammarus, esp G. locusta See also opossum shrimp
- informal.a diminutive person, esp a child
verb
- intr to fish for shrimps
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Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ³ó°ù¾±³¾±è±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ³ó°ù¾±³¾±èl¾±°ì±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of shrimp1
1300–50; Middle English shrimpe crustacean, puny person; akin to Middle High German schrimpfen to contract, Old English scrimman to shrink
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of shrimp1
C14: probably of Germanic origin; compare Middle Low German schrempen to shrink; see scrimp , crimp
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They’ve got a shrimp cocktail there that, when it comes out, it’s like a meal in itself.
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Add shrimp and continue cooking until they are pink and curled.
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He also recalls a shrimp dish from a Mali chef that reminded him of a smothered shrimp dish his father prepared for special occasions.
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Toss the flour, roll the dough, stuff it with meat and shrimp.
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