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English noun: shrimp

1. shrimp (person) disparaging terms for small people


Synonymshalf-pint, peewee, runt


Broader (hypernym)small person

2. shrimp (food) any of various edible decapod crustaceans


Synonymsprawn


Broader (hypernym)seafood


Narrower (hyponym)river prawn


Part meronymshrimp


Substance meronymshrimp cocktail

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


Broader (hypernym)decapod, decapod crustacean


Narrower (hyponym)pistol shrimp, snapping shrimp


Part holonympleopod, prawn, shrimp, swimmeret


Member meronymCrangonidae, family Crangonidae


English verb: shrimp

1. shrimp (competition) fish for shrimp


ExamplesIn the summer they like to go out and shrimp


Pattern of useSomebody ----s


Broader (hypernym)fish









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