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- [shrim-per]
- /ˈʃrɪm pər/
- /ˈʃrɪm.pə(r)/
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- [shrim-per]
- /ˈʃrɪm pər/
Definitions of shrimper word
- noun shrimper a shrimp fisherman. 1
- noun shrimper a boat used for shrimping. 1
- noun shrimper Informal. a shrimp. 1
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Origin of shrimper
First appearance:
before 1850 One of the 32% newest English words
First recorded in 1850-55; shrimp + -er1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Shrimper
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shrimper popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 52% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
shrimper usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shrimper
adjective shrimper
- dwarfed — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
- mite — a contribution that is small but is all that a person can afford.
- nothing — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- quantity — a particular or indefinite amount of anything: a small quantity of milk; the ocean's vast quantity of fish.
- zero — the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
Antonyms for shrimper
adjective shrimper
- giving — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
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