shrimp
/ʃɹɪmp/ verb C2- To fish for shrimp.
- To contract; to shrink.
He/she/it shrimps · Past shrimped · Past participle shrimped · -ing form shrimping
Verb forms
- Base form
- shrimp
- He/she/it
- shrimps
- Past
- shrimped
- Past participle
- shrimped
- -ing form
- shrimping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
“Soles and eels, of course,” the Gryphon replied rather impatiently: “any shrimp could have told you that.”
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