shrimp
/ʃɹɪmp/
noun
- 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.
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To fish for shrimp.
- 2
To contract; to shrink.
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