shrimp (n.)

  1. disparaging terms for small people

    [ Syn: runt , peewee , half-pint ]

  2. any of various edible decapod crustaceans

    [ Syn: prawn ]

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

    shrimp (v.)

  1. fish for shrimp

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