ʃrɪmp n. & v. --n. 1 (pl.
same or shrimps)
any of
various small (esp. marine)
edible crustaceans,
with ten legs, grey-green
when alive and pink when boiled. 2 colloq. a
very small
slight person. --v.intr. go
catching shrimps. øshrimp
plant an
evergreen shrub, Justicia brandegeana,
bearing small
white flowers in clusters of pinkish-brown bracts. øøshrimper n. [ME, prob. rel. to MLG schrempen
wrinkle, MHG schrimpfen
contract, and SCRIMP]