shrimp

Definition

  • noun: a small shellfish that has a long body and legs and that is eaten as food
  • noun: any of numerous mostly small and marine decapod crustaceans (suborders Dendrobranchiata and Pleocyemata) having a slender elongated body, a compressed abdomen, and a long spiny rostrum and including some (especially family Penaeidae) that are commercially important as food
  • verb: to fish for or catch 'shrimps'
  • synonyms: contract, shrink, dwarf

Examples

  • He's a little 'shrimp' of a boy.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I see you two together, like, all the time, - walking around, you know... It's like he's got wedding brain. - Sure. Okay. Whoa! Easy on the shrimp! Those are supposed to be for everybody. I only took a few. Yeah, took a few hundred. - All right, put that back. - Okay. Yo, keep this girl away from the ocean! That's where all the shrimp's at. These people aren't cogs you can just throw away. They're a family. They talk. They stand around. I guess that's all (..)
    2017 TvShow: Superstore Title: Cheyenne's Wedding Season: 2 Episode 20