Meaning

noun disparaging terms for small people

noun any of various edible decapod crustaceans

noun small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *skrembʰ- Proto-Germanic *skrimbaną Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną Proto-Germanic *skrimpazder.? Middle English schrimpe English shrimp From Middle English schrimpe (“shrimp, puny person”), possibly from or related to Middle Low German schrempen (“to wrinkle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaz…

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