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shrimping up

shrimping up is the present participle and gerund 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 shrimping up

What is shrimping up the present participle and gerund of?
Shrimping up is the present participle and gerund of shrimp up.

Words near shrimping up in the dictionary

  1. shrimpfurters
  2. shrimpier
  3. shrimpiest
  4. shrimpiness
  5. shrimping
  6. shrimping up
  7. shrimpish
  8. shrimple
  9. shrimpless
  10. shrimplet
  11. shrimplets

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