Synonyms for shrimp
ʃrɪmpshrimp

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1. shrimpnoun

   Synonyms:
   prawn

2. shrimpnoun

   to fish for shrimp

   Synonyms:
   prawn

3. shrimpnoun

   the flesh of the crustaceans

   Synonyms:
   prawn

4. shrimpnoun

   a small, puny or unimportant person

   Synonyms:
   prawn

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1. runt, shrimp, peewee, half-pintnoun

   disparaging terms for small people

   Synonyms:
   runt, prawn, peewee, peewit, pewee, wood pewee, half-pint, pewit

2. prawn, shrimpnoun

   any of various edible decapod crustaceans

   Synonyms:
   peewee, prawn, half-pint, runt

3. shrimpverb

   small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible

   Synonyms:
   peewee, prawn, half-pint, runt

4. shrimpverb

   fish for shrimp

Matched Categories

1. • Fish
   • Seafood

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1. List of paraphrases for "shrimp":

   shrimps, prawn, crevette, squirt

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1. Andrew Zimmern:

   Shrimp remoulade is one of the fastest, tastiest, most delicious treats that you could possibly imagine, i don't think there's a better dish. You [ can ] do it all ahead of time and simply pour the sauce on right before your guests get there. They can dip if they want. They can plate if they want. You can make a big batch, a small batch. You can do this with other meats or seafood or everything if you don't like shrimp, but I think it's fantastic.

2. Juan Mayorga:

   It has made a tremendous impact on the world's oceans, for each kilogram of shrimp, you could get up to 25 kilograms of incidental catch... There's no such thing as a selective bottom trawl.

3. John Luft:

   The importance of the brine shrimp in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem can’t be overstated, we are thrilled about the designation of the brine shrimp as the state crustacean and the attention they are getting for their role at the Great Salt Lake.

4. Pham Thi Lai:

   They put everything in a plastic bag. If they're preserving shrimp or preserving fish, they put it in a plastic bag, when they finish they just throw the bags into the ocean. The trash floats to wherever the sea level rises.

5. Yumna Jawad:

   The final output looks like a fancy meal but the input to create the sushi stack is really minimal and so customizable, it reminds me of a California roll with shrimp instead of crab.