shrimp
noun
[ ʃrɪmp ]
• a small free-swimming crustacean with an elongated body, typically marine and frequently of commercial importance as food.
• a small, physically weak person.
• "I can handle a shrimp like him any time"
shrimp
verb
• fish for shrimps.
• "some families still go shrimping off the coast at Lytham"
Origin:
Middle English: probably related to Middle Low German schrempen ‘to wrinkle’, Middle High German schrimpfen ‘to contract’, also to scrimp.
