Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shrimp"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shrimp \Shrimp\, v. t. [Cf. AS. scrimman to dry up, wither, MHG.
schrimpfen to shrink, G. schrumpfen, Dan. skrumpe, skrumpes,
Da. & Sw. skrumpen shriveled. Cf. {Scrimp}, {Shrink},
{Shrivel}.]
To contract; to shrink. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shrimp \Shrimp\, n. [OE. shrimp; -- probably so named from its
shriveled appearance. See {Shrimp}, v.]
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea
belonging to {Crangon} and various allied genera,
having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are
used as food. The larger kinds are called also
{prawns}. See Illust. of {Decapoda}.
(b) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran
tribe {Caridea}, or any species of the order
Schizopoda, having a similar form.
(c) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some
amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the
fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under {Fairy}, and
{Brine}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shrimp
n 1: disparaging terms for small people [syn: {runt}, {peewee}, {half-pint}]
2: any of various edible decapod crustaceans [syn: {prawn}]
3: small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with
a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are
edible
v : fish for shrimp
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