shrimps

Small cocktail seafood

Shrimps is the plural of shrimp, small crustaceans eaten as seafood.

Both shrimps and shrimp work as plurals, though shrimp is more common in American English: The shrimp were fresh or The shrimps were fresh.

Shrimps also serves as a verb meaning to fish for shrimp: He shrimps off the Gulf Coast every summer.

culinary

prawns

Edible marine crustaceans

gumbo · paella · ceviche · stir-fry · jambalaya · boil · peel · devein · grilled · fried

crustacean

prawns

Edible marine crustaceans

carapace · exoskeleton · antennae · lobster · crab · krill · arthropod · chitin · molt · gills

fishing

trawler

Net-dragging fishing boat

  • netFinal amount remaining
  • bycatchNon-target species caught accidentally
  • catchSeize or snag

harvest · boat · aquaculture · farm · trap · commercial · wild-caught · sustainable · fishery · seine

Categories
Opposites
SIZE (literal/metaphorical)

shrimpsgiants

Beings of immense stature

whales · elephants · behemoths · lobsters · colossi

crustacean hierarchy/prestige

shrimpslobsters

Large edible sea crustaceans

king crabs · crayfish · langoustines

HUMAN STATURE (slang)

shrimpsgiants

Beings of immense stature

big guys · titans · goliaths · tall drinks of water · hulks

Phrases
Family

shrimp, shrimpy, shrimped, shrimping, shrimper, shrimpers

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G