shrimp

Definition

  • n. small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
  • v. fish for shrimp

Word forms

Present participle
shrimping
Past tense
shrimped
Third person singular
shrimps
Past participle
shrimped

Example sentences

  1. n.

    I ordered a plate of shrimp and rice for dinner.

  2. vi.

    We went to the beach to shrimp for our dinner.