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- [shrimp]
- /ʃrɪmp/
- /ʃrɪmp/
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- [shrimp]
- /ʃrɪmp/
Definitions of shrimp word
- noun plural shrimp any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food. 1
- noun plural shrimp Informal. a diminutive or insignificant person. 1
- verb without object shrimp to catch or try to catch shrimps. 1
- adjective shrimp (of food) made with or containing shrimp: shrimp salad. 1
- adjective shrimp of or relating to shrimp or their catching, processing, and marketing: a shrimp boat. 1
- intransitive verb shrimp catch shrimp 1
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Origin of shrimp
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English shrimpe crustacean, puny person; akin to Middle High German schrimpfen to contract, Old English scrimman to shrink
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Parts of speech for Shrimp
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shrimp popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
shrimp usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shrimp
adj shrimp
- bitty — If you say that something is bitty, you mean that it seems to be formed from a lot of different parts which you think do not fit together or go together well.
- dwarfish — like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.
- half pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
- half-pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
- inconsequential — of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.
noun shrimp
- chimpanzee — A chimpanzee is a kind of small African ape.
- conch — A conch is a shellfish with a large shell rather like a snail's. A conch or a conch shell is the shell of this creature.
- crawfish — A crawfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crawfish.
- crayfish — A crayfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crayfish.
- homunculi — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
adjective shrimp
- dwarfed — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
- inconsequentials — Plural form of inconsequential.
- minis — Plural form of mini.
- mite — a contribution that is small but is all that a person can afford.
- miters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miter.
Antonyms for shrimp
adjective shrimp
- giving — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
Top questions with shrimp
- how to cook shrimp?
- how to season shrimp?
- how to boil shrimp?
- how to make shrimp scampi?
- how to devein shrimp?
- how to grill shrimp?
- how long to boil shrimp?
- how to thaw shrimp?
- how to defrost shrimp?
- how to make shrimp fried rice?
- what do shrimp eat?
- how to fry shrimp?
- how to make shrimp alfredo?
- how to saute shrimp?
- how long to steam shrimp?
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