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# shrimp

noun (a shrimp, shrimp or shrimps); verb (shrimp, shrimps, shrimped, shrimping — catch shrimps)

«shrimp» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A shrimp is a small sea animal with a shell, a long tail and many legs; many are eaten as food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrimp/#m1)
2. (informal, teasing) A shrimp is a very small person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrimp/#m2)
3. To shrimp is to catch shrimps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrimp/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science, shrimps are crustaceans, food for whales and fish. In everyday life, shrimp are cooked and eaten; in Australia «shrimp» is less used — they say «prawn». As a teasing name for a small child. Phrases: «shrimp cocktail», «go shrimping», «you little shrimp».

### Examples

- We caught shrimps in a net at the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrimp/#x1)
- Whales eat tiny shrimp-like krill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrimp/#x2)
- Dad cooked shrimp for dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrimp/#x3)
- «Come here, you little shrimp!» laughed my big brother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrimp/#x4)
- Some shrimps can change colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrimp/#x5)
- Shrimps belong to the same group as crabs and lobsters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrimp/#x6)
- ‘You wretched little shrimp,’ replied Hans, ‘a great deal of good your gratitude is likely to do me! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrimp/#x7)

### Note

Plural: shrimp or shrimps (both used). In the UK and Australia, bigger ones are called prawns; in the USA, nearly all are called shrimp. Calling someone a shrimp is teasing about size.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shrimp» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrimp/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shrimp» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shrimp.html) on Mova free.