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Word: Shrimp
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: probably related to Middle Low German schrempen ‘to wrinkle’, Middle High German schrimpfen ‘to contract’, also to scrimp
ʃrɪmp
a small free-swimming crustacean with an elongated body, typically marine and frequently of commercial importance as food.
Short Definition:small free-swimming crustacean with elongated body
a small, physically weak person
Short Definition:small, physically weak person
Examples:- I can handle a shrimp like him any time
Word: Shrimp
Speech Type: Verb
ʃrɪmp
fish for shrimps
Short Definition:fish for shrimps
Examples:- some families still go shrimping off the coast at Lytham
- at Trebetherick you paddle on Daymer Bay or shrimp off Gully
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