SHRIMP

Pronunciation (US):

• SHRIMP (noun)
  The noun SHRIMP has 3 senses:

1. disparaging terms for small people
2. any of various edible decapod crustaceans
3. small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible

  Familiarity information: SHRIMP used as a noun is uncommon.

• SHRIMP (verb)
  The verb SHRIMP has 1 sense:

1. fish for shrimp

  Familiarity information: SHRIMP used as a verb is very rare.

• SHRIMP (noun)

Meaning:

Disparaging terms for small people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

half-pint; peewee; runt; shrimp

Hypernyms ("shrimp" is a kind of...):

small person (a person of below average size)

Meaning:

Any of various edible decapod crustaceans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

prawn; shrimp

Hypernyms ("shrimp" is a kind of...):

seafood (edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shrimp"):

river prawn (large Australian prawn)

Holonyms ("shrimp" is a part of...):

shrimp (small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible)

Holonyms ("shrimp" is a substance of...):

shrimp cocktail (a cocktail of cold cooked shrimp and a sauce)

Meaning:

Small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("shrimp" is a kind of...):

decapod; decapod crustacean (crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax)

Meronyms (parts of "shrimp"):

pleopod; swimmeret (one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming)

prawn; shrimp (any of various edible decapod crustaceans)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shrimp"):

pistol shrimp; snapping shrimp (small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their enlarged chelae)

Holonyms ("shrimp" is a member of...):

Crangonidae; family Crangonidae (shrimps)

• SHRIMP (verb)

Meaning:

Fish for shrimp

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "shrimp" is one way to...):

fish (catch or try to catch fish or shellfish)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

In the summer they like to go out and shrimp