Meaning

2 senses
  1. Resembling or characteristic of shrimp; shrimplike.

  2. Physically puny.

More definitions
  • (used especially of persons) of inferior size

Origin

From shrimp + -y.

From shrimp + -y.

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Forms

shrimpier, shrimpiest
Comparativeshrimpier Lesson
Superlativeshrimpiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (used especially of persons) of inferior size:punyrunty

Word family

2 related words
Relatedshrimp

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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