- scrimman
- sv/t3 3rd pres scrimþ past scramm/scrummon ptp gescrummen to shrink, draw up, contract
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Shrimp — 〈[ʃrı̣mp] m. 6; meist Pl.〉 Krabbe (1); oV Schrimp [engl.] * * * Shrimp [ʃrɪmp ], Schrimp, der; s, s <meist Pl.> [engl. shrimp, zu aengl. scrimman = sich winden]: kleine Krabbe; ↑ 1Granat. * * * Shrimp [ʃrɪmp], der; s, s <meist Pl.>… … Universal-Lexikon
scremman — wv/t1a 3rd pres scremeþ past scremede ptp gescremed to cause to stumble, to make a person stumble, put a stumbling block in a person s way; [a causative of scrimman; scrimman/scremman like scrincan/screncan]; ne scremme þu blinde; … Old to modern English dictionary
Shrimp — Shrimp, v. t. [Cf. AS. scrimman to dry up, wither, MHG. schrimpfen to shrink, G. schrumpfen, Dan. skrumpe, skrumpes, Da. & Sw. skrumpen shriveled. Cf. {Scrimp}, {Shrink}, {Shrivel}.] To contract; to shrink. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shrimp — shrimplike, adj. /shrimp/, n., pl. shrimps, (esp. collectively) shrimp for 1, v., adj. n. 1. any of several small, long tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food. 2. Informal. a… … Universalium
Shrimps — [ʃrɪmps; englisch, zu altenglisch scrimman »sich winden«], Singular Shrimp der, s, Handelsbezeichnung für kleine, unter 5 g wiegende Garnelen … Universal-Lexikon
Shrimp — [ʃ...] der; s, s (meist Plur.) <aus gleichbed. engl. shrimp zu altengl. scrimman »sich winden«> kleine, essbare Garnele, Nordseekrabbe … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
scorch — c.1200, perhaps from O.N. skorpna to be shriveled, cognate with O.E. scrimman to shrink, dry up. Or perhaps from O.Fr. escorchier to strip off the skin, from V.L. excorticare to flay, from ex + L. cortex (gen. corticis) cork; but OED finds this… … Etymology dictionary
shrimp — early 14c., kind of slender shellfish, probably from O.N. skreppa thin person, from P.Gmc. *skrempanan (see SCRIMP (Cf. scrimp)). Related to O.E. scrimman to shrink. The connecting notion is probably thinness (Cf. Dan. dialectal skrimpe thin… … Etymology dictionary
scrammy — /ˈskræmi/ (say skramee) adjective Colloquial (of a limb) defective, paralysed or withered {from British dialect scram to be numb with cold, variant of shram, ? related to Old English scrimman to shrivel} …
shrimp — /ʃrɪmp / (say shrimp) noun 1. any of various small, long tailed, chiefly marine, decapod crustaceans of the genus Crangon and allied genera (suborder Macrura), as the European C. vulgaris, esteemed as a table delicacy. 2. Colloquial a diminutive… …
