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