Shrimp Meaning and Definition


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Shrimp meaning

Word: Shrimp

How to pronounce: ʃrɪmp

Noun

Definitions:

1. A small free-swimming crustacean with an elongated body, typically marine and frequently harvested for food.

Example sentences: "While blue whales may occasionally feed on pelagic crabs and small fishes, their diet is almost exclusively euphausiid shrimps commonly called krill."

2. A small, physically weak person.

Intransitive verb

Definitions:

1. Fish for shrimp.

Example sentences: "Some families still go shrimping off the coast at Lytham"


Synonyms:

prawn

insect


Derivations:

shrimping

shrimpy


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Shrimp in Other Languages...

Spanish:

German: Garnele

French: Crevette

Italian: Gambero

Turkish: Karides


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