Shrimp

/ʃɹɪmp/ · noun

Meaning

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..

Definitions by Sense

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. (uncountable) The flesh of such crustaceans.
3. (slang) A small, puny or unimportant person.
4. (slang, uncommon) Synonym of butterface
5. (slang, derogatory) A small penis.
6. (intransitive) To fish for shrimp.
7. To contract; to shrink.

Example Sentences

1851, "A Lady of Charleston" (Sarah Rutledge), The Carolina Housewife, 2013, unnumbered page, Butter well a deep dish, upon which place a thick layer of pounded biscuit; having picked and boiled your shrimps, put them upon the biscuit; a layer of shrimps, with small pieces of butter, a little pepper, mace or nutmeg.

Shrimp farming is in its infancy in Africa. but Asia has most of the world's shrimp farms.

Most shrimps belong to one of several families of the Infraorder Caridea (Chapter 4). However, coral shrimps and Venus shrimps are so different from the rest that a separate infraorder is warranted.

America's favorite seafood, shrimp has always been a big seller at the Home Port. On any given day, we usually served around 40 to 50 pounds of shrimp.

How many shrimps do you have to eat / Before you make your skin turn pink? / Eat too much and you'll get sick / Shrimps are pretty rich

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Fishing, shrimping and crabbing are permitted on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:[…]

Although the line is not always sharply drawn, offshore shrimping and inshore shrimping require different strategies.

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• shrimp
• shrimps
• shrimping
• shrimped

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