Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to shrimp
Participle: shrimped
Gerund: shrimping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | shrimp |
| you | shrimp |
| he;she;it | shrimps |
| we | shrimp |
| you | shrimp |
| they | shrimp |
Perfect
| I | have shrimped |
| you | have shrimped |
| he;she;it | has shrimped |
| we | have shrimped |
| you | have shrimped |
| they | have shrimped |
Past
| I | shrimped |
| you | shrimped |
| he;she;it | shrimped |
| we | shrimped |
| you | shrimped |
| they | shrimped |
Pluperfect
| I | had shrimped |
| you | had shrimped |
| he;she;it | had shrimped |
| we | had shrimped |
| you | had shrimped |
| they | had shrimped |
Future
| I | will shrimp |
| you | will shrimp |
| he;she;it | will shrimp |
| we | will shrimp |
| you | will shrimp |
| they | will shrimp |
Future Perfect
| I | will have shrimped |
| you | will have shrimped |
| he;she;it | will have shrimped |
| we | will have shrimped |
| you | will have shrimped |
| they | will have shrimped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | shrimp |
| you | shrimp |
| he;she;it | shrimp |
| we | shrimp |
| you | shrimp |
| they | shrimp |
Perfect
| I | have shrimped |
| you | have shrimped |
| he;she;it | have shrimped |
| we | have shrimped |
| you | have shrimped |
| they | have shrimped |
Imperfect
| I | shrimped |
| you | shrimped |
| he;she;it | shrimped |
| we | shrimped |
| you | shrimped |
| they | shrimped |
Pluperfect
| I | had shrimped |
| you | had shrimped |
| he;she;it | had shrimped |
| we | had shrimped |
| you | had shrimped |
| they | had shrimped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would shrimp |
| you | would shrimp |
| he;she;it | would shrimp |
| we | would shrimp |
| you | would shrimp |
| they | would shrimp |
Perfect
| I | would have shrimped |
| you | would have shrimped |
| he;she;it | would have shrimped |
| we | would have shrimped |
| you | would have shrimped |
| they | would have shrimped |
Imperative
| you | shrimp |
| we | Let's shrimp |
| you | shrimp |
Verbs conjugated like 'shrimp'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'shrimp'
scrimp,
skrimp,
chimp,
crimp,
primp,
scramp,
scrim,
scrump,
shim,
ship,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?
3. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ-der.
4. Proto-Indo-European *skrembʰ-
5. Proto-Germanic *skrimbaną
6. Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną
7. Proto-Germanic *skrimpazder.?
8. Middle English schrimpe
9. English shrimp
10. From Middle English schrimpe (“shrimp, puny person”), possibly from or related to Middle Low German schrempen (“to wrinkle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaz (“shrivelled”), from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrivel”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ-.
11. See also Middle High German schrimpf (“a scratch, minor wound”), Norwegian skramp (“thin horse, thin man”); also Old English sċrimman (“to shrink”) and scrimp, Middle High German schrimpfen (“to shrink, dry up”), Swedish skrympa (“to shrink”); also Lithuanian skrembti (“to crust over, stiffen”), and possibly Albanian shkrumb (“embers, ashes; crumble”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*skrimpaną', Middle High German '
schrimpfen', Swedish '
skrympa'.
Verbs referencing "shrimp"
English
scrump, English
shrump.
Sample Sentences
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Fishing, shrimping and crabbing are permitted on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:[…] [1986, The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America, page 454:]
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Although the line is not always sharply drawn, offshore shrimping and inshore shrimping require different strategies. [1996, Anthony V. Margavio, Caught in the Net: The Conflict Between Shrimpers and Conservationists, page 24:]
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There were times we shrimped in the same boat due to breakdowns and such, but for the most part we each had our own separate boat. We started out using outboard motor boats. However, shrimping with an outboard is pretty hard. [2007, Jerry Wayne Caines, A Caines Family Tradition: A Native Son's Story of Fishing, Hunting and Duck Decoys in the Lowcountry, page 86:]