SHRIMP


Meaning of SHRIMP in English

n.

Pronunciation: ' shrimp, esp Southern ' srimp

Function: noun

Inflected Form: plural shrimps or shrimp

Etymology: Middle English shrimpe; akin to Middle Low German schrempen to contract, wrinkle, Old Norse skorpna to shrivel up

Date: 14th century

1 : any of numerous mostly small and marine decapod crustaceans (suborders Dendrobranchiata and Pleocyemata) having a slender elongated body, a compressed abdomen, and a long spiny rostrum and including some (esp. family Penaeidae) that are commercially important as food also : a small crustacean (as an amphipod or a branchiopod) resembling the true shrimps

2 : a very small or puny person or thing

– shrimp · like \ - ˌ l ī k \ adjective

– shrimpy \ ' shrim-p ē , ' srim- \ adjective

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.