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How to pronounce shrimp in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms half-pint, peewee, runt
Type of small person
Derivation shrimpy
Type Words
Synonyms prawn
Type of seafood
Has types river prawn
Type Words
Type of fish
Derivation shrimper
Type Words
Type of decapod crustacean, decapod
Has types snapping shrimp, pistol shrimp

Examples of shrimp

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Use a slotted spoon to transfer fried shrimp to a plate lined with paper towels.
From the sacbee.com
Peeled shrimp and cut clams also will fool them, but they zero in on sand fleas.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Il Mulino, where I love the shrimp scampi and the mini veal parmiagiana sliders.
From the online.wsj.com
Other sources include catfish, cod, mackerel, swordfish, tuna, clams and shrimp.
From the kentucky.com
The divers brought up a colorful batch of crabs, shrimp, mussels and sea snails.
From the thenewstribune.com
Place the wrapped shrimp on the rack and continue wrapping the remaining shrimp.
From the post-gazette.com
To up the protein for an even more complete meal, add peeled shrimp to the soup.
From the courier-journal.com
Sweet pickled shrimp open wontons with tomato, dill and coriander at Cafe Hanoi.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The rock shrimp with mango salsa at Zealous uses tamari, a wheat-free soy sauce.
From the suntimes.com
More examples
  • Fish for shrimp
  • Runt: disparaging terms for small people
  • Prawn: 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
  • Shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Adult shrimp are filter feeding benthic animals living close to the bottom. They can live in schools and can swim rapidly backwards. ...
  • The sensitive high resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) is a large-diameter, double focusing secondary ion mass spectrometer (SIMS) instrument produced by Australian Scientific Instruments in Canberra, Australia. ...
  • (Shrimps) Penaeus monodon / Penaeus indicus / Metapenaeus monoceros / Penaeus Japonicus / Penaeus Vannamei
  • (Shrimps) is considered America's favorite shellfish. Select raw shrimp that have no hint of ammonia smell. When storing fresh, raw shrimp, rinse under cold running water and drain. Place in a tightly sealed container and refrigerate for up to two days. ...
  • American's most valuable and popular shellfish. This ten-legged crustacean got its name from English word "shrimpe," which means "puny person."