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Meaning of shrimpy | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
ˈʃɹɪmpi

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of shrimp; shrimplike.
  2. Physically puny.

Examples

“These dried shrimp crackers […] have a pleasant shrimpy taste and are nice and crunchy.”
“I looked up, and there was a shrimpy little kid standing next to the rock, carrying a backpack that might have weighed more than he did.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

shrinal shrined shrineless shrinelike shrink-wrapped shrinkable

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