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shrimp up

shrimp up verb: to cower or flinch; to shrink back.

Verb

shrimp up (third-person singular simple present shrimps up, present participle shrimping up, simple past and past participle shrimped up)

  1. (intransitive) To cower or flinch; to shrink back.

Forms of shrimp up

third-person singular presentshrimps up
present participleshrimping up
past participleshrimped up
pastshrimped up

Questions about shrimp up

What does shrimp up mean?
Shrimp up means to cower or flinch; to shrink back.
What part of speech is shrimp up?
Shrimp up is a verb.
What is the past tense of shrimp up?
The past tense of shrimp up is shrimped up.

Words near shrimp up in the dictionary

  1. shrimp scad
  2. shrimp scampi
  3. shrimp squat
  4. shrimp toast
  5. shrimp toasts
  6. shrimp up
  7. shrimp welfare
  8. shrimpball
  9. shrimpballs
  10. shrimpboat
  11. shrimpboats

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