1. shrimp - Noun
2. shrimp - Verb
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.
In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form.
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.
Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI shall be but a shrimp of an author. Thomas Gray
When I had a job catering, I catered a wedding for the Smashing Pumpkins bassist in Indiana. And I served Billy Corgan shrimp off a tray. Amy Poehler
I have not eaten beef for 26 years. Chicken, poultry for 16 years. Fish for six, if forced to I will eat shrimp. Constance Marie
Shrimp that sleeps is carried by the tide. Mexican Proverb
Sleeping shrimp gets taken by the current. Puerto Rican Proverb
The jellyfish never dances with the shrimp. Japanese Proverb