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Shrimpy

//ˈʃɹɪmpi// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of shrimp; shrimplike.

    "These dried shrimp crackers […] have a pleasant shrimpy taste and are nice and crunchy."

  2. 2
    Physically puny.

    "I looked up, and there was a shrimpy little kid standing next to the rock, carrying a backpack that might have weighed more than he did."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (used especially of persons) of inferior size wordnet

Etymology

From shrimp + -y.

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