shrimp

[Shrimp]

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

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To contract; to shrink.

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

Noun
any of various edible decapod crustaceans

Noun
disparaging terms for small people

Verb
fish for shrimp


v. t.
To contract; to shrink.

v.
Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.

v.
In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form.

v.
In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and Brine.

v.
Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt.


Shrimp

Shrimp , v. t. [Cf. AS. scrimman to dry up, wither, MHG. schrimpfen to shrink, G. schrumpfen, Dan. skrumpe, skrumpes, Da. & Sw. skrumpen shriveled. Cf. Scrimp, Shrink, Shrivel.] To contract; to shrink. [Obs.]

Shrimp

Shrimp, n. [OE. shrimp; -- probably so named from its shriveled appearance. See Shrimp, v.] 1. (Zo'94l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda. (b) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form. (c) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and Brine. 2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt.
This weak and writhled shrimp.
Opossum shrimp. (Zo'94l.) See under Opossum. -- Spector shrimp, ∨ Skeleton shrimp (Zo'94l.), any slender amphipod crustacean of the genus Caprella and allied genera. See Illust. under L'91modopoda. -- Shrimp catcher (Zo'94l.), the little tern (Sterna minuta). -- Shrimp net, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net dragged over the fishing ground.

To contract; to shrink.

Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.

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When I had a job catering, I catered a wedding for the Smashing Pumpkins bassist in Indiana. And I served Billy Corgan shrimp off a tray.

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