shrimp
Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or…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.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Garnele, Shrimp, Krabbe
креве́ткаkrevétka
креве́ткаkrevétka
small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
(uncountable)The flesh of such crustaceans.
any of various edible decapod crustaceans
(countable, slang, uncountable)A small, puny or unimportant person.
(countable, slang, uncommon, uncountable)Synonym of butterface
(countable, derogatory, figuratively, slang, uncountable)A small penis.
shrimp dick
disparaging terms for small people
Examples
86 sentencesMy cat loves shrimp.
Мій кіт любить креветки. — User55521
ruМой кот любит креветки. — marafon
deMeine Katze liebt Garnelen. — tiuwiu
When was the last time you ate shrimp?
ruКогда вы в последний раз ели креветки? — odexed
deWann hast du das letzte Mal Garnelen gegessen? — raggione
I advised Tom not to eat the shrimp.
ruЯ посоветовал Тому не есть креветки. — Balamax
One of my favorite things to eat is shrimp.
Can I get the steak and shrimp dinner?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English schrimpe (“shrimp, puny person”), possibly from or related to Middle LFrom 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 *(s)kerbʰ-.
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Forms
plural: shrimp / shrimpsSynonyms
27 synonymsWord family
61 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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