shrimp

shrimp  (shrmp)

n. pl. shrimp or shrimps

1.

a. Any of various small, chiefly marine decapod crustaceans of the suborder Natantia, many species of which are edible, having a compressed or elongated body with a well-developed abdomen, long legs and antennae, and a long spinelike projection of the carapace.

b. Any of various similar crustaceans, such as certain isopods and amphipods.

2. Slang

a. A person regarded as unimportant.

b. A person who is small in stature.

intr.v. shrimped, shrimp·ing, shrimps

To fish for shrimp.

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[Middle English shrimpe, possibly of Low German origin.]

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shrimper n.

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shrimp [ʃrɪmp]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various similar but unrelated crustaceans, such as the opossum shrimp and mantis shrimp

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called freshwater shrimp any of various freshwater shrimplike amphipod crustaceans of the genus Gammarus, esp G. pulex

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called sand shrimp any of various shrimplike amphipod crustaceans of the genus Gammarus, esp G. locusta See also opossum shrimp

5. Informal a diminutive person, esp a child

vb

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Fishing) (intr) to fish for shrimps

[probably of Germanic origin; compare Middle Low German schrempen to shrink; see scrimp, crimp]

shrimper  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shrimp - disparaging terms for small people   half-pint, peewee, runt small person - a person of below average size
	2.	shrimp - any of various edible decapod crustaceans prawn shrimp - small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible shrimp cocktail - a cocktail of cold cooked shrimp and a sauce seafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc river prawn - large Australian prawn
	3.	shrimp - small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible decapod, decapod crustacean - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax Crangonidae, family Crangonidae - shrimps pistol shrimp, snapping shrimp - small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their enlarged chelae pleopod, swimmeret - one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming prawn, shrimp - any of various edible decapod crustaceans
Verb	1.	shrimp - fish for shrimp fish - catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; "I like to go fishing on weekends"

Translations

shrimp [ʃrɪmp]

A. N

1. (Zool) → camarón m

2. (fig) → enano/a m/f

B. VI to go shrimping → pescar camarones

C. CPD shrimp cocktail N → cóctel m de camarones
shrimp sauce N → salsa f de camarones

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shrimp [ˈʃrɪmp] n → crevette f grise
shrimp cocktail n (US) → cocktail m de crevettes

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shrimp

n → Garnele f, → Krevette f; that shrimp of a child → der kleine Steppke (inf)

vi to go shrimping → auf Krevetten- or Garnelenfang gehen; shrimping net → Reuse f (für den Garnelenfang)

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shrimp [ʃrɪmp] n (Zool) → gamberetto (fig) (child) → scricciolo

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shrimp [ʃrɪmp] n (Zool) → gamberetto (fig) (child) → scricciolo

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shrimp

n shrimp [ʃrimp]

1 a kind of small long-tailed shellfish. garnaal إرْبيان، قُرَيْدِس скарида garnát reje die Garnele γαρίδα camarón krevett ميگو katkarapu crevette חֲסִילוֹן झींगा morski račić garnéla(rák) udang rækja gamberetto えび 새우 krevetė garnele udang garnaal reke krewetka camarão crevetă креветка garnát kozica (rakec) škamp räka กุ้ง karides 小蝦 креветка جھینگا con tôm 小虾

2 an unkind word for a small person. kleintjie قَزَم: كَلِمَة تُقال اسْتِصْغارا фъстък prcek gnom der Knirps μικροκαμωμένος (μειωτ.) enano, renacuajo könn فسقلی rääpäle nabot/-ote גָמַד छुटभैया patuljak, čovječuljak kis tökmag (ember) cebol trítill, stubbur nanerottolo, tappo ちび 꼬마, 난쟁이 neūžauga knēvelis; knislis budak kecil garnaal pusling, spjæling konus pequenote pitic, pocitanie коротышка krpec pritlikavec patuljak puttefnask, plutt คนไม่สำคัญ bodur (謔)小不點，矮冬瓜 нікчема ٹھگنا شخص người có tầm vóc nhỏ bé （谑）矮小的人

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shrimp → جمبري, رُوبيَان garnát, kreveta reje Garnele γαρίδα camarón, gamba katkarapu crevette kozica, škamp gamberetto, gambero クルマエビ, 小エビ 새우, 참새우 garnaal (liten) reke, (stor) reke krewetka camarão креветка räka กุ้ง karides, ufak karides con tôm 虾