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shrimp

UK/ʃɹɪmp/ US/ˈʃrɪmp/ fairly common slang
noun (3) verb (1)

noun

1.
2.

any of various edible decapod crustaceans

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3.

small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible

verb

1.

fish for shrimp

Origin

From Middle English schrimpe (“shrimp, puny person”), possibly from or related to Middle Low German schrempen (“to wrinkle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaz (“shrivelled”), from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrivel”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ-.

Phrases

  • Aesop shrimp
  • akiami paste shrimp
  • alpheid shrimp
  • blue shrimp
  • brine shrimp
  • brown shrimp
  • clam shrimp
  • cleaner shrimp

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