Shrimp

[ʃrɪmp]

Definition

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

(verb.) fish for shrimp.

Typed by Elinor--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Inputed by Logan

Definition

n. a genus of edible crustaceans of the order Decapoda allied to lobsters crayfish and prawns: a little wizened or dwarfish person.—v.i. to catch shrimps.—ns. Shrimp′er one who catches shrimps; Shrimp′ing the act of catching shrimps; Shrimp′-net a small-meshed net on a hoop and pole for catching shrimps.

Checker: Roderick