Scrimp vs. Shrimp — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Scrimp and Shrimp
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Scrimp
To be very frugal and sparing. scrimped and saved for college tuition.
Shrimp
Shrimp are decapod crustaceans with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata. More narrow definitions may be restricted to Caridea, to smaller species of either group or to only the marine species.
Scrimp
A pinching miser; a niggard.
Shrimp
Any of various small, chiefly marine, often edible decapod crustaceans that have a laterally compressed, elongated body with long antennae and long legs used for swimming. The shrimps include species belonging to the superfamily Penaeoidea of the suborder Dendrobranchiata and to the infraorder Caridea of the suborder Pleocyemata.
Scrimp
(transitive) To make too small or short.
To scrimp the pattern of a coat.
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Shrimp
The flesh of one of these crustaceans, used as food.
Scrimp
(transitive) To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance.
Shrimp
Any of various similar crustaceans, such as a fairy shrimp.
Scrimp
(intransitive) To be frugal.
Shrimp
Derogatory Slang A person who is small in stature.
Scrimp
Short; scanty; curtailed.
Shrimp
To fish for shrimp.
Scrimp
To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.
Shrimp
Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen.
Scrimp
Short; scanty; curtailed.
Shrimp
(uncountable) The flesh of such crustaceans.
Scrimp
A pinching miser; a niggard.
Shrimp
(slang) A small, puny or unimportant person.
Scrimp
Subsist on a meager allowance;
Scratch and scrimp
Shrimp
Synonym of butterface: a person with an attractive body but unattractive face.
Shrimp
(intransitive) To fish for shrimp.
Shrimp
To contract; to shrink.
Shrimp
To contract; to shrink.
Shrimp
Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
Shrimp
Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; - in contempt.
This weak and writhled shrimp.
Shrimp
Disparaging terms for small people
Shrimp
Any of various edible decapod crustaceans
Shrimp
Small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
Shrimp
Fish for shrimp
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