What part of speech is shrimp?

Shrimp can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. shrimp is a verb, present, 1st person singular of shrimp (infinitive).
  • 2. shrimp is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. shrimp is a noun, singular of shrimp / shrimps.
  • 4. shrimp is a noun, plural of shrimp.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does shrimp mean?

Definitions

Verb

shrimp - fish for shrimp

Noun

shrimp - small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
shrimp - any of various edible decapod crustaceans
shrimp - disparaging terms for small people

Examples of shrimp

#   Sentence  
1. noun Important species that probably would decline include shrimp, capelin, Greenland halibut and some varieties of flatfish.
2. noun Got the crab rangoon which was great, tofu with cabbage which was spicy but good and shrimp satay which was also good.
3. noun Mixed Tempura.....................8.25 Shrimp or vegetable tempura & salad.
4. noun I had the Chicken Parmesan Dinner and my wife had the Shrimp Scampi Dinner.
5. noun She's made shrimp dumplings and added shiitakes with Sichuan pepper.
6. noun This chick is like a shrimp: I like everything about her but her head.
7. noun One of my favorite things to eat is shrimp.
8. noun When was the last time you ate shrimp?
9. noun Tom shelled the shrimp.
10. noun I'd like a shrimp cocktail.
11. noun I advised Tom not to eat the shrimp.
12. noun Acaraje, a Brazilian food from Africa, is a ball of caupi bean dough, onions, and salt, fried in palm oil and served with shrimp and a spicy sauce.
13. noun My cat loves shrimp.
14. noun "What did you have for dinner?" "Grilled shrimp and baked zucchini with garlic sauce over rice noodles."
15. noun The shrimp that falls asleep is carried away by the current.
Sentence  
noun
Important species that probably would decline include shrimp, capelin, Greenland halibut and some varieties of flatfish.
Got the crab rangoon which was great, tofu with cabbage which was spicy but good and shrimp satay which was also good.
Mixed Tempura.....................8.25 Shrimp or vegetable tempura & salad.
I had the Chicken Parmesan Dinner and my wife had the Shrimp Scampi Dinner.
She's made shrimp dumplings and added shiitakes with Sichuan pepper.
This chick is like a shrimp: I like everything about her but her head.
One of my favorite things to eat is shrimp.
When was the last time you ate shrimp?
Tom shelled the shrimp.
I'd like a shrimp cocktail.
I advised Tom not to eat the shrimp.
Acaraje, a Brazilian food from Africa, is a ball of caupi bean dough, onions, and salt, fried in palm oil and served with shrimp and a spicy sauce.
My cat loves shrimp.
"What did you have for dinner?" "Grilled shrimp and baked zucchini with garlic sauce over rice noodles."
The shrimp that falls asleep is carried away by the current.

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