'Shrimp' definitions:
Definition of 'shrimp'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Shrimp'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Shrimp'
From: GCIDE
- Shrimp \Shrimp\, n. [OE. shrimp; -- probably so named from its shriveled appearance. See Shrimp, v.]
- 1. (Zool.) (a) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda. (b) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form. (c) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and Brine. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt. [1913 Webster]
- This weak and writhled shrimp. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Opossum shrimp. (Zool.) See under Opossum.
- Spector shrimp, or Skeleton shrimp (Zool.), any slender amphipod crustacean of the genus Caprella and allied genera. See Illust. under Laemodopoda.
- Shrimp catcher (Zool.), the little tern (Sterna minuta).
- Shrimp net, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net dragged over the fishing ground. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shrimp'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a nobody,
- a nothing,
- angle,
- bait the hook,
- bantam,
- banty,
- blue point,
- bob,
- brownie,
- button,
- Chilopoda,
- chit,
- Chordata,
- cipher,
- clam,
- common man,
- coquillage,
- crab,
- crawdad,
- crawfish,
- crayfish,
- dap,
- dib,
- dibble,
- diminutive,
- drive,
- dummy,
- Dungeness crab,
- dwarf,
- Echiuroidea,
- Ectoprocta,
- elf,
- Entoprocta,
- featherweight,
- figurehead,
- fingerling,
- fish,
- fly-fish,
- gig,
- gnome,
- go fishing,
- grig,
- guddle,
- homunculus,
- insignificancy,
- jack,
- jacklight,
- jackstraw,
- Japanese crab,
- jig,
- langouste,
- lightweight,
- Lilliputian,
- limpet,
- little fellow,
- little guy,
- littleneck clam,
- lobster,
- man of straw,
- manikin,
- mediocrity,
- midge,
- midget,
- mini,
- minikin,
- minnow,
- minny,
- Monoplacophora,
- mouse,
- mussel,
- nebbish,
- Nemertinea,
- net,
- nobody one knows,
- nonentity,
- nubbin,
- obscurity,
- oyster,
- peewee,
- periwinkle,
- Phoronidea,
- pip-squeak,
- pony,
- prawn,
- punk,
- pygmy,
- quahog,
- runt,
- scallop,
- scrub,
- seine,
- shellfish,
- slip,
- small fry,
- small potato,
- small potatoes,
- snail,
- snip,
- snippet,
- soft-shell crab,
- spin,
- squirt,
- squit,
- steamer,
- still-fish,
- tit,
- Tom Thumb,
- torch,
- trawl,
- troll,
- wart,
- whale,
- whelk,
- whiffet,
- whippersnapper,
- wisp
Words containing 'Shrimp'
- Brine shrimp,
- Fairy shrimp,
- Mantis shrimp,
- Opossum shrimp,
- Shrimp catcher,
- Shrimp net,
- Skeleton shrimp,
- Specter shrimp,
- Spector shrimp,
- Sword shrimp,
- mussel shrimp,
- pistol shrimp,
- seed shrimp,
- shrimp butter,
- shrimp cocktail,
- shrimp newburg,
- shrimp sauce,
- snapping shrimp,
- tadpole shrimp,
- glass-shrimp,
- shrimp-fish