Shrimp
noun
A type of small sea creature often used in cooking.
I ordered a pasta dish with shrimp and garlic.
Often appears as...
- fried shrimp
- boiled shrimp
noun
A very small, weak, or insignificant person.
Don't call me a shrimp!
Usage tips
Disapproving
General,Colloquial
noun
A type of small sea creature often used in cooking.
I ordered a pasta dish with shrimp and garlic.
Often appears as...
- fried shrimp
- boiled shrimp
noun
A very small, weak, or insignificant person.
Don't call me a shrimp!
Usage tips
Disapproving
General,Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Context
Shrimp relates to food and is common in recipes, menus, and when describing dishes.
We serve shrimp scampi with a side of rice.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Implication
When used for sea creatures, 'shrimp' suggests they are small.
The shrimp in this salad are surprisingly tiny.
Pro Tip 3/3Cuisine Specific
Usage can depend on the dish's origin, like 'shrimp' in American English or 'prawn' in British English.
In the UK, they might call this a prawn sandwich.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Context
Shrimp relates to food and is common in recipes, menus, and when describing dishes.
We serve shrimp scampi with a side of rice.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Implication
When used for sea creatures, 'shrimp' suggests they are small.
The shrimp in this salad are surprisingly tiny.
Pro Tip 3/3Cuisine Specific
Usage can depend on the dish's origin, like 'shrimp' in American English or 'prawn' in British English.
In the UK, they might call this a prawn sandwich.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Context
Shrimp relates to food and is common in recipes, menus, and when describing dishes.
We serve shrimp scampi with a side of rice.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Implication
When used for sea creatures, 'shrimp' suggests they are small.
The shrimp in this salad are surprisingly tiny.
Pro Tip 3/3Cuisine Specific
Usage can depend on the dish's origin, like 'shrimp' in American English or 'prawn' in British English.
In the UK, they might call this a prawn sandwich.
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Video examples
The art of misdirection...
I need help with this one. Step over this way for me. Don't run away. You had something down by your pants pocket. I was checking mine. I couldn't find everything, but I noticed you had something here. Can I feel the outside for a moment? Down here I noticed this. Is this something of yours, sir? I have no idea. That's a shrimp. Yeah. I'm saving it for later.
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Will the ocean ever run...
The rest is by-catch, unwanted animals that are thrown back dead. And coastal shrimp farming isn't much better. Mangroves are bulldozed to make room for shrimp farms, robbing coastal communities of storm protection and natural water filtration and depriving fish of key nursery habitats. So what does it look like to give fish a break and let them recover?
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How do animals...
it's often obvious when they're hurting. But there's a lot that isn't obvious, like whether pain relievers that work on us also help them. And the more different an animal is from us, the harder it is to understand their experience. How do you tell whether a shrimp is in pain?
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The brilliance of...
that looks like an airport runway? Neither would any sensible predator. The flashing lights keep the worm safe. Then there's the deep sea shrimp, Acantherphyra purpurea. When it feels threatened, it spews a cloud of glowing goo from its mouth. Who doesn't run the other way
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Asking where consciousnes...
photoreceptors - our three and what that means for this shrimp is that he pulls in a lot more detail from the electromagnetic spectrum all the way from the deep red into the ultraviolet meaning that the shrimp's rainbow is much wider than the human being's
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Why you don’t like the...
And talking about babies, when you were starting to develop in your mother's womb, the first sensation that you had coming from the outside world, at only three weeks old, when you were about the size of a shrimp, were through the tactile sensation
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Thanks to Shrimp, These...
bodies and that the shrimp are able to use a lot of things that would otherwise pile up and be kind of slimy and not very attractive to swimmers and so all that sweeping and all that movement that they do is really keeping things great for
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The sharks that hunt in...
fish lay eggs amidst their sprawling, complex root systems. Symbiotic sponges and sea squirts protect their host trees from hungry woodboring crustaceans. Crabs, snails, and shrimp eat algae, mussels, barnacles,
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Packing the Shrimp Pots...
and I said if you got any old salmon or hang on the bottom of it I would sure appreciate it yeah that's exactly what I was hoping for good stinky bit attracted to the bay shrimp swim into the pots narrowing
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Fighting Over Abandoned...
is a busy living world shrimp like krill a staple food in the antarctic come here for their winter growth
Video examples
The art of misdirection...
I need help with this one. Step over this way for me. Don't run away. You had something down by your pants pocket. I was checking mine. I couldn't find everything, but I noticed you had something here. Can I feel the outside for a moment? Down here I noticed this. Is this something of yours, sir? I have no idea. That's a shrimp. Yeah. I'm saving it for later.
Video examples
Will the ocean ever run...
The rest is by-catch, unwanted animals that are thrown back dead. And coastal shrimp farming isn't much better. Mangroves are bulldozed to make room for shrimp farms, robbing coastal communities of storm protection and natural water filtration and depriving fish of key nursery habitats. So what does it look like to give fish a break and let them recover?
Video examples
How do animals...
it's often obvious when they're hurting. But there's a lot that isn't obvious, like whether pain relievers that work on us also help them. And the more different an animal is from us, the harder it is to understand their experience. How do you tell whether a shrimp is in pain?
Video examples
The brilliance of...
that looks like an airport runway? Neither would any sensible predator. The flashing lights keep the worm safe. Then there's the deep sea shrimp, Acantherphyra purpurea. When it feels threatened, it spews a cloud of glowing goo from its mouth. Who doesn't run the other way
Video examples
Asking where consciousnes...
photoreceptors - our three and what that means for this shrimp is that he pulls in a lot more detail from the electromagnetic spectrum all the way from the deep red into the ultraviolet meaning that the shrimp's rainbow is much wider than the human being's
Video examples
Why you don’t like the...
And talking about babies, when you were starting to develop in your mother's womb, the first sensation that you had coming from the outside world, at only three weeks old, when you were about the size of a shrimp, were through the tactile sensation
Video examples
Thanks to Shrimp, These...
bodies and that the shrimp are able to use a lot of things that would otherwise pile up and be kind of slimy and not very attractive to swimmers and so all that sweeping and all that movement that they do is really keeping things great for
Video examples
The sharks that hunt in...
fish lay eggs amidst their sprawling, complex root systems. Symbiotic sponges and sea squirts protect their host trees from hungry woodboring crustaceans. Crabs, snails, and shrimp eat algae, mussels, barnacles,
Video examples
Packing the Shrimp Pots...
and I said if you got any old salmon or hang on the bottom of it I would sure appreciate it yeah that's exactly what I was hoping for good stinky bit attracted to the bay shrimp swim into the pots narrowing
Video examples
Fighting Over Abandoned...
is a busy living world shrimp like krill a staple food in the antarctic come here for their winter growth
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Ina Garten
American Author
If it's a cocktail party, I generally make five or six different things, and I try to choose recipes that feel like a meal: a chicken thing, a fish or shrimp thing, maybe two vegetable things, and I think it's fun to end the cocktail party with a sweet thing.
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Gina Neely
American Actor
All Southern cooks have tried their hands at shrimp and grits, and each one has his or her own version of the dish. My mom used to season her shrimp with garlic and onion and just prepare the grits with a little salt and pepper.
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Willie Geist
American Journalist
I hate to make this point too often, but imagine for a moment George W. Bush were on his sixth vacation, and he was asked about Iraq, and he said 'I'm buying shrimp.' You think that wouldn't be a headline everywhere?
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Mads Mikkelsen
Danish Actor
I make an awesome soup with coconut milk and shrimps; it takes me five hours to prepare the whole thing. It does become very spicy, but you can definitely taste all the ingredients.
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Solomon Burke
American Musician
I walked out of the Chinese restaurant with a fat check, a record deal, and a box of shrimp egg foo yung!
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Jonathan Cheban
Anyone I go to Nobu with who gets rock shrimp, I freak out on them.
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Da Brat
American Rapper
I didn't have any shrimp the whole time I was in prison.
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Barry Lam
Taiwanese Businessman
I'm still a small shrimp, not a dragon.
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Thomas Gray
English Poet
I shall be but a shrimp of an author.
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Lennon Parham
American Actress
The smell of shrimp is comforting.
Quote examples
Ina Garten
American Author
If it's a cocktail party, I generally make five or six different things, and I try to choose recipes that feel like a meal: a chicken thing, a fish or shrimp thing, maybe two vegetable things, and I think it's fun to end the cocktail party with a sweet thing.
Quote examples
Gina Neely
American Actor
All Southern cooks have tried their hands at shrimp and grits, and each one has his or her own version of the dish. My mom used to season her shrimp with garlic and onion and just prepare the grits with a little salt and pepper.
Quote examples
Willie Geist
American Journalist
I hate to make this point too often, but imagine for a moment George W. Bush were on his sixth vacation, and he was asked about Iraq, and he said 'I'm buying shrimp.' You think that wouldn't be a headline everywhere?
Quote examples
Mads Mikkelsen
Danish Actor
I make an awesome soup with coconut milk and shrimps; it takes me five hours to prepare the whole thing. It does become very spicy, but you can definitely taste all the ingredients.
Quote examples
Solomon Burke
American Musician
I walked out of the Chinese restaurant with a fat check, a record deal, and a box of shrimp egg foo yung!
Quote examples
Jonathan Cheban
Anyone I go to Nobu with who gets rock shrimp, I freak out on them.
Quote examples
Da Brat
American Rapper
I didn't have any shrimp the whole time I was in prison.
Quote examples
Barry Lam
Taiwanese Businessman
I'm still a small shrimp, not a dragon.
Quote examples
Thomas Gray
English Poet
I shall be but a shrimp of an author.
Quote examples
Lennon Parham
American Actress
The smell of shrimp is comforting.
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