to shrimp
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5.3
- verb
- /ʃrɪmp/
:
pescar camarones
- However, few small boats in either population relied totally on shrimping for their income.
- shrimp for income
Examples
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Every summer, we go shrimping in the bay with our friends.
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In the Galveston Bay situation, like most urbanized coastal areas, each shrimper feels dependent on shrimping for his income, but since other jobs are available in the community, he could still remain employed in the area even if he decided to quit his shrimp harvesting profession.
Academic text (1991) -
If everything goes all right, two men shrimping ten hours, less what you spend on gas, you can ...
Fiction book (1994) -
You know, after we win this war, and we take over everything, we can get American shrimpers to come out here and shrimp these waters.
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You know, after we win this war and take over everything, we can get American shrimpers to come here and shrimp these waters.
Fiction book (1994) -
Shall we go shrimping?
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Fishermen are limited to a daily catch of 300 pounds and are permitted to shrimp only between sunrise and sunset (daylight).
Academic text (1991) -
Now, because I had been a football star, and a war hero, and a national celebrity, and a shrimping boat captain, and a college graduate, the city fathers of Greenbow, Alabama decided to get together and offered me a fine job.
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Many families depend on shrimping to make a living along the coast.
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They spent the day shrimping and brought home enough for dinner.
Synonyms
119
1.0
To catch fish for sport or food
Compounds
2
6.1
A small animal like a tiny shrimp that lives in very salty water and is used as food for fish
- Specialized
A very small water animal that has a hard shell like a mussel and a body like a small shrimp
- Specialized
A small shrimp-like animal whose females carry eggs and young in a pouch under their legs
- Specialized
A very small water animal like a shrimp with its whole body inside a two-part shell
- Specialized
A small fresh water animal like a shrimp with a wide shell and a tadpole-like body
- Australian
A small tropical fish with a thin body and clear plates that make it hard to see
A white creamy sauce that uses cream and butter made from shrimp, served with seafood
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shrimp as a verb comes from the name of the animal and simply means 'to catch shrimp' or fish for them. So to shrimp is to go out and gather those small shellfish, often with nets from a boat.