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shrimped up

shrimped up is the simple past and past participle of shrimp up.

Meaning of shrimp up

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.

Questions about shrimped up

What is shrimped up the simple past and past participle of?
Shrimped up is the simple past and past participle of shrimp up.

Words near shrimped up in the dictionary

  1. shrimpboat
  2. shrimpboats
  3. shrimpburger
  4. shrimpburgers
  5. shrimped
  6. shrimped up
  7. shrimper
  8. shrimperies
  9. shrimpers
  10. shrimpery
  11. shrimpfish

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