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Shrimp
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- 1 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. countable, uncountable
"1851, "A Lady of Charleston" (Sarah Rutledge), The Carolina Housewife, 2013, unnumbered page, 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."
- 2 Acronym of sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 3 A player, supporter or other person connected with Morecambe Football Club.
- 4 small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible wordnet
- 5 The flesh of such crustaceans. uncountable
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- 6 any of various edible decapod crustaceans wordnet
- 7 A small, puny or unimportant person. countable, slang, uncountable
- 8 disparaging terms for small people wordnet
- 9 Synonym of butterface countable, slang, uncommon, uncountable
- 10 A small penis. countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable
"shrimp dick"
- 1 To fish for shrimp. intransitive
"Fishing, shrimping and crabbing are permitted on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:[…]"
- 2 fish for shrimp wordnet
- 3 To contract; to shrink.
Etymology
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 *skremb-, *skr̥mb-. 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”).
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 *skremb-, *skr̥mb-. 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”).
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