Korean Meaning of shrimp

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Definitions and Meaning of shrimp in English

Wordnet

shrimp (n)

disparaging terms for small people

any of various edible decapod crustaceans

small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible

Wordnet

shrimp (v)

fish for shrimp

Webster

shrimp (v. t.)

To contract; to shrink.

Webster

shrimp (v.)

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.

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새우

disparaging terms for small people, any of various edible decapod crustaceans, small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and sing

작은,드워프,미니어처,피그미,스크럽,난장이,미니,진드기,작은,피그미

거인,거인,거인,엄청난,매머드,괴물,고래,리바이어선,타이탄,큰 거짓말

shrilly => 날카롭게, shrill-tongued => 신랄한, shrillness => 울림, shrilling => 귀를 찢는, shrill-gorged => 짯게,