🦐 A sea animal 🦐 To catch prawns

to prawn

9.1

To catch prawns in the sea for food

verb
/prɔːn/

: pescar gambas (Esp.)

They decided to prawn for dinner while enjoying the warm evening breeze.

Terry, the writer with me said that every time that she went prawn, she went she went prawn fishing in Canada.

Examples

Terry, the writer with me said that every time that she went prawn, she went she went prawn fishing in Canada.

Adam Savage’s Tested
Sumo just prawn in ocean of life.

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022)
Egg cress, prawn mayonnaise, possibly a gallon of your finest whiskey just to start the day properly.

Mortdecai (2015)
Every summer, we love to prawn at the local river, using nets to catch them easily.
During the holiday, we will prawn along the beach as the sun sets.

Synonyms

to trawl

vsto prawn

Specialized

1 5.3

To fish by dragging a large net or line through water

focuses on catching a specific small shellfish rather than the general fishing method

Compounds

prawn cocktail

Archaic

1 2.7

A cold starter of prawns in a creamy pink sauce

long-clawed prawn

Australian

7.9

A large edible freshwater shrimp from Australian rivers with very long claws

mantis prawn

9.2

A large sea animal with strong front claws that hunts fish and crabs

river prawn

Australian

5.1

A large freshwater shellfish people often eat that lives in rivers

prawn sandwich brigade

Offensive

9.9

People at events who act snobby, are picky about food and show little real interest

tropical prawn

2.9

A small sea creature like a shrimp that lives in warm water and people eat

Surface Forms

prawn infinitive

prawned past

prawned past participle

prawning present participle

prawns third person singular

Etymology

Prawn as a verb comes from the noun prawn and simply means 'to catch prawns'. Fishermen say they go out to 'prawn' when they are fishing for these shellfish, so the verb just means to fish for prawns.