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shrimps up

shrimps up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 shrimps up

What is shrimps up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shrimps up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shrimp up.

Words near shrimps up in the dictionary

  1. shrimplike
  2. shrimpling
  3. shrimplings
  4. shrimpoluminescence
  5. shrimps
  6. shrimps up
  7. Shrimpton
  8. shrimpwich
  9. shrimpwiches
  10. shrimpy
  11. shrims

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