shrimp
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ-der.
Proto-Indo-European *skrembʰ-
Proto-Germanic *skrimbaną
Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną
Proto-Germanic *skrimpazder.?
Middle English schrimpe
English shrimp
From Middle English schrimpe (“shrimp, puny person”), possibly from or related to Middle Low German schrempen (“to wrinkle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaz (“shrivelled”), from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrivel”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ-.
See also Middle High German schrimpf (“a scratch, minor wound”), Norwegian skramp (“thin horse, thin man”); also Old English sċrimman (“to shrink”) and scrimp, Middle High German schrimpfen (“to shrink, dry up”), Swedish skrympa (“to shrink”); also Lithuanian skrembti (“to crust over, stiffen”), and possibly Albanian shkrumb (“embers, ashes; crumble”).
Inflected forms:
form: shrimp
pos: noun
tags: UK
plural
form: shrimps
pos: noun
tags: US
plural
form: shrimps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: shrimping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: shrimped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: shrimped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Butter well a deep dish, upon which place a thick layer of pounded biscuit; having picked and boiled your shrimps, put them upon the biscuit; a layer of shrimps, with small pieces of butter, a little pepper, mace or nutmeg.
Shrimp farming is in its infancy in Africa. but Asia has most of the world's shrimp farms.
Most shrimps belong to one of several families of the Infraorder Caridea (Chapter 4). However, coral shrimps and Venus shrimps are so different from the rest that a separate infraorder is warranted.
America's favorite seafood, shrimp has always been a big seller at the Home Port. On any given day, we usually served around 40 to 50 pounds of shrimp.
How many shrimps do you have to eat / Before you make your skin turn pink? / Eat too much and you'll get sick / Shrimps are pretty rich
gloss: The flesh of such crustaceans.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A small, puny or unimportant person.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
gloss: Synonym of butterface
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncommon
uncountable
gloss: A small penis.
pos: noun
tags: countable
derogatory
figuratively
slang
uncountable
examples: shrimp dick
gloss: To fish for shrimp.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Fishing, shrimping and crabbing are permitted on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:[…]
Although the line is not always sharply drawn, offshore shrimping and inshore shrimping require different strategies.
There were times we shrimped in the same boat due to breakdowns and such, but for the most part we each had our own separate boat. We started out using outboard motor boats. However, shrimping with an outboard is pretty hard.
gloss: To contract; to shrink.
pos: verb
Related words: Shrimp
SHRIMP
Derived words: Aesop shrimp
akiami paste shrimp
alpheid shrimp
blue shrimp
brine shrimp
brown shrimp
clam shrimp
cleaner shrimp
clown mantis shrimp
coonstripe shrimp
daggerblade grass shrimp
drunken shrimp
emperor shrimp
fairy shrimp
ghost shrimp
glass shrimp
grass shrimp
harlequin mantis shrimp
land shrimp
lawn shrimp
mantis shrimp
mussel shrimp
northern shrimp
opossum shrimp
painted mantis shrimp
peacock mantis shrimp
peppermint shrimp
pink shrimp
pistol shrimp
popcorn shrimp
potted shrimp
rainbow mantis shrimp
sand shrimp
seed shrimp
sexy shrimp
shield shrimp
shrimpball
shrimp boat
shrimpburger
shrimp chip
shrimp cracker
shrimp DeJonghe
shrimpery
shrimpfish
shrimp fork
shrimpfurter
shrimpish
shrimp jammer
shrimple
shrimpless
shrimplet
shrimplike
shrimpling
shrimp net
shrimpoluminescence
shrimp paste
shrimp plant
shrimp scad
shrimp scampi
shrimp squat
shrimp toast
shrimp up
shrimpwich
shrimpy
skeleton shrimp
snapping shrimp
sun anemone shrimp
sweet shrimp
tadpole shrimp
teppo snapping shrimp
tiger pistol shrimp
shrimper
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: garnaal
lang: Albanian
word: karkalec deti
lang: Amis
word: 'afar
lang: Arabic
word: رُوبِيَان
roman: rūbiyān
lang: Arabic
word: جَمْبَرِيّ
roman: jambariyy
lang: Arabic
word: إِرْبِيَان
roman: ʔirbiyān
lang: Arabic
word: قُرَيْدِس
roman: quraydis
lang: Arabic
word: جمبري
roman: gambari
lang: Arabic
word: ربيان, روبيان
roman: rubyān
lang: Arabic
word: قمبري
roman: gambari
lang: Arabic
word: قيمرون
roman: qaymrūn, qīmrūn
lang: Arabic
word: قريدس
roman: ʔrēdis
lang: Arabic
word: جمبري
roman: gambari
lang: Arabic
word: قريدس
roman: ʔrēdis
lang: Arabic
word: روبيان
roman: rubyān
lang: Tunisian Arabic
word: شوفرات
roman: šūfrāt
lang: Aramaic
word: ܐܪܒܝܬ݂ܐ
roman: ʾarbīṯā
lang: Armenian
word: մանր ծովախեցգետին
roman: manr covaxecʻgetin
lang: Armenian
word: ծովամորեխ
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word: esguila
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word: krevet
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word: крэве́тка
roman: krevjétka
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word: ইঁচা
roman: ĩca
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word: চিংড়ি
roman: ciṅṛi
lang: Bengali
word: ইচলা
roman: icola
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lang: Bau Bidayuh
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word: скари́да
roman: skarída
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word: မျှင်
roman: hmyang
lang: Burmese
word: ပုစွန်
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word: креветка
roman: krevetka
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word: ᎽᏈ
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word: 蝦 /虾
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 蝦 /虾
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 毛蝦 /毛虾
roman: máoxiā
lang: Chukchi
word: кэӈъирин
roman: kėṇʺirin
lang: Cornish
word: bibyn bubyn
lang: Czech
word: kreveta
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word: reje
lang: Dutch
word: garnaal
lang: Esperanto
word: salikoko
lang: Estonian
word: krevett
lang: Faroese
word: rækja
lang: Fijian
word: ura
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word: katkarapu
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word: crevette
lang: West-Frisian
word: garnaal
lang: West-Frisian
word: garnaat
lang: West-Frisian
word: granaat
lang: Galician
word: esquía
lang: Galician
word: camarón
lang: Georgian
word: კრევეტი
roman: ḳreveṭi
lang: German
word: Garnele
lang: German
word: Shrimp
lang: German
word: Krabbe
lang: Greek
word: γαρίδα
roman: garída
lang: Ancient Greek
word: καρίς
roman: karís
lang: Greenlandic
word: kinguppak
lang: Greenlandic
word: peqquttaq
lang: Haitian Creole
word: chèvrèt
lang: Hebrew
word: חסילון
roman: chasilón
lang: Hebrew
word: שרימפ
roman: shrimp
lang: Hebrew
word: שרימפס
roman: shrimps
lang: Hindi
word: झींगा
roman: jhīṅgā
lang: White Hmong
word: cws
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roman: ebi
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lang: Kannada
word: ಸೀಗಡಿ
roman: sīgaḍi
lang: Kazakh
word: асшаян
roman: asşaän
lang: Kazakh
word: креветка
roman: krevetka
lang: Khmer
word: បង្កង
roman: bɑɑbɑngkɑɑng
lang: Khmer
word: កំពឹស
roman: kɑmpɨh
lang: K'iche'
word: chom
lang: Kimaragang
word: gipan
lang: Korean
word: 새우
roman: sae'u
lang: Kyrgyz
word: креветка
roman: krevetka
lang: Lao
word: ກຸ້ງ
roman: kung
lang: Latin
word: cāris
lang: Latvian
word: krevete
lang: Latvian
word: garnele
lang: Lithuanian
word: krevetė
lang: Lü
word: ᦂᦳᧂᧉ
roman: k̇ung²
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Crevette
lang: Macedonian
word: скамп
roman: skamp
lang: Macedonian
word: шкамп
roman: škamp
lang: Malay
word: udang
lang: Malayalam
word: ചെമ്മീൻ
roman: cemmīṉ
lang: Maltese
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word: ᠰᠠᠮᡦᠠ
roman: sampa
lang: Western Bukidnon Manobo
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word: burdoge
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word: tarawera
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word: udeang
lang: Mon
word: ၚုဲ
lang: Mongolian
word: сам хорхой
roman: sam xorxoj
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word: táłtłʼááh chʼosh daadánígíí
lang: Nheengatu
word: kamarãu
lang: Norman
word: chèrvette
lang: Norman
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lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
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word: cambaròt
lang: Persian
word: میگو
roman: meygu
lang: Polish
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lang: Romanian
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lang: Russian
word: креве́тка
roman: krevétka
lang: Northern Sami
word: reahkká
lang: Sanskrit
word: चिङ्गटि
roman: ciṅgaṭi
lang: Sanskrit
word: चिङ्गट
roman: ciṅgaṭa
lang: Sanskrit
word: इञ्चाक
roman: iñcāka
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: carran
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: шкамп
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: рачић
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: козица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: škamp
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: račić
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kozica
lang: Shan
word: ၵုင်ႈ
roman: kūng
lang: Sicilian
word: gammareḍḍu
lang: Sicilian
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lang: Slovene
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lang: Slovene
word: rakec
lang: Spanish
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lang: Spanish
word: gamba
lang: Spanish
word: langostino
lang: Spanish
word: cámaro
lang: Spanish
word: esquila
lang: Spanish
word: quisquilla
lang: Spanish
word: gámbaro
lang: Spanish
word: chacalín
lang: Spanish
word: esguila
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: sarasara
lang: Swedish
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lang: Tagalog
word: hipon
lang: Tajik
word: креветка
roman: krevetka
lang: Tausug
word: ullang
lang: Thai
word: กุ้ง
roman: gûng
lang: Turkish
word: karides
lang: Turkmen
word: krewetka
lang: Ukrainian
word: креве́тка
roman: krevétka
lang: Uzbek
word: krevetka
lang: Uzbek
word: mayda qisqichbaqa
lang: Vietnamese
word: tôm
lang: Volapük
word: krevät
lang: Walloon
word: gurnåte
lang: Walloon
word: gårnale
lang: Walloon
word: critchon d' mer
lang: Welsh
word: berdysen
lang: Welsh
word: berdysyn
lang: West Flemish
word: geirnoar
lang: Yiddish
word: ראַקל
roman: rakl
lang: Yiddish
word: שרימפּ
roman: shrimp
lang: Yiddish
word: קרעוועטקע
roman: krevetke
lang: Yiddish
word: קרעוועט
roman: krevet
lang: Yiddish
word: גאַרנעלע
roman: garnele
lang: Zhuang
word: gungq