shrimp

B1 Topic:Food & Drink

US /ʃɹɪmp/ See IPA manual

Freq #5633

Meanings

1

noun
A small sea creature with a shell and a long tail, often eaten as food.

We had grilled shrimp for dinner.
2

verb
To catch or fish for shrimp.

The family goes shrimping along the coast every summer.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a small sea creature with a... prawn

Word family

Forms shrimps

Derived forms shrimpballshrimpburgershrimpershrimperyshrimpfishshrimpfurtershrimpishshrimplessshrimpletshrimplikeshrimplingshrimpoluminescence

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brine shrimp
a small crustacean that lives in very salty water

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English schrimpe (“shrimp, puny person”), possibly from or related to Middle Low German schrempen (“to wrinkle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaz (“shrivelled”), from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrivel”), from Proto-Indo-European *skremb-, *skr̥mb-. See also Middle High German schrimpf (“a scratch, minor wound”), Norwegian skramp (“thin horse, thin man”); also Old English sċrimman (“to shrink”) and scrimp, Middle High German schrimpfen (“to shrink, dry up”), Swedish skrympa (“to shrink”); also Lithuanian skrembti (“to crust over, stiffen”), and possibly Albanian shkrum…

schrimpe Middle English schrempen gml *skrimpaz Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną Proto-Germanic *skremb- Proto-Indo-European

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Food & Drink

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# shrimp

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ʃɹɪmp/
**Frequency rank:** 5633

## Meanings
1. A small sea creature with a shell and a long tail, often eaten as food.
2. To catch or fish for shrimp.

## Examples
- We had grilled shrimp for dinner.
- The family goes shrimping along the coast every summer.

## Derived Forms
- shrimpball
- shrimpburger
- shrimper
- shrimpery
- shrimpfish
- shrimpfurter
- shrimpish
- shrimpless
- shrimplet
- shrimplike
- shrimpling
- shrimpoluminescence

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: schrimpe
- Root: schrempen
- Root: *skrimpaz
- Root: *skrimpaną
- Root: *skremb-

## Etymology
From Middle English schrimpe (“shrimp, puny person”), possibly from or related to Middle Low German schrempen (“to wrinkle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaz (“shrivelled”), from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrivel”), from Proto-Indo-European *skremb-, *skr̥mb-. See also Middle High German schrimpf (“a scratch, minor wound”), Norwegian skramp (“thin horse, thin man”); also Old English sċrimman (“to shrink”) and scrimp, Middle High German schrimpfen (“to shrink, dry up”), Swedish skrympa (“to shrink”); also Lithuanian skrembti (“to crust over, stiffen”), and possibly Albanian shkrum…

## AI Etymology
Shrimp is from Middle English schrimpe (“shrimp, puny person”), possibly from or related to Middle Low German schrempen (“to wrinkle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaz (“shrivelled”), from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrivel”), from Proto-Indo-European *skremb-, *skr̥mb-. Important forms in the word's history include Middle English schrimpe, gml schrempen, Proto-Germanic *skrimpaz, Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną, Proto-Indo-European *skremb-. In current use it includes senses such as A small sea creature with a shell and a long tail, often eaten as food and To catch or fish for shrimp.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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