Usually means: Resembling or characteristic of shrimp.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. shrimpy: Merriam-Webster
  2. shrimpy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shrimpy: Collins English Dictionary
  4. shrimpy: Vocabulary.com
  5. shrimpy: Wordnik
  6. shrimpy: Wiktionary
  7. shrimpy: Dictionary.com
  8. shrimpy: Rhymezone
  9. shrimpy: FreeDictionary.org
  10. shrimpy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. shrimpy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. shrimpy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. shrimpy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See shrimp as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shrimpy)

▸ adjective:  Resembling or characteristic of shrimp; shrimplike.
▸ adjective:  Physically puny.

Similar:
runty, little, small, puny, shrimpish, prawnlike, shiplike, spratlike, shredlike, plumlike, more...

Opposite:
large, big, substantial, sizable, hefty

Types:
pink shrimp, brown shrimp, white shrimp, rock shrimp, giant tiger shrimp, royal red shrimp, more...

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Similar:
runty, little, small, puny, shrimpish, prawnlike, shiplike, spratlike, shredlike, plumlike, more...

Opposite:
large, big, substantial, sizable, hefty

Types:
pink shrimp, brown shrimp, white shrimp, rock shrimp, giant tiger shrimp, royal red shrimp, more...



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