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Definitions for Shrimp

[1] any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
[2] Informal . a diminutive or insignificant person.
[3] to catch or try to catch shrimps.
[4] (of food) made with or containing shrimp: shrimp salad.
[5] of or relating to shrimp or their catching, processing, and marketing: a shrimp boat.
[6] any of various chiefly marine decapod crustaceans of the genus Crangon and related genera, having a slender flattened body with a long tail and a single pair of pincers
[7] any of various similar but unrelated crustaceans, such as the opossum shrimp and mantis shrimp
[8] Also called: freshwater shrimp any of various freshwater shrimplike amphipod crustaceans of the genus Gammarus, esp G. pulex
[9] Also called: sand shrimp any of various shrimplike amphipod crustaceans of the genus Gammarus, esp G. locusta See also opossum shrimp
[10] informal a diminutive person, esp a child
[11] (intr) to fish for shrimps

Words related to Shrimp

paltry, measly, inconsequential, tiny, frail, trivial, feeble, poor, limited, short, slight, meager, young, miniature, modest, cramped, microscopic, narrow, minuscule, small-scale

Words nearby Shrimp

shrievalty, shrieve, shrift, shrike, shrill, shrimp, shrimp plant, shrimper, shrimpfish, shrine, shriner

Origin of Shrimp

1300–50; Middle English shrimpe crustacean, puny person; akin to Middle High German schrimpfen to contract, Old English scrimman to shrink

Other words from Shrimp

shrimp·like , adjective

Word origin for Shrimp

C14: probably of Germanic origin; compare Middle Low German schrempen to shrink; see scrimp , crimp

Synonyms for Shrimp

feeble, frail, inconsequential, measly, paltry, tiny, trivial, diminutive, fragile, half-pint, inferior, infirm, little, minor, niggling, nothing, peanut, peewee, petty, picayune, piddling, pint-sized, runt, small time, small-fry, stunted, trifling, two-bit, unconsequential, underfed, undersized, undeveloped, unsound, unsubstantial, weak, weakly, wee, worthless, zero, zilch