SHRIMP Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

shrimp

verb

Definition of shrimp

as in to fish

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Once outside, Parks fishes a pair of blue flip-flops out of her purse and changes out of her heels.

— Clio Chang, Curbed, 14 July 2026
From orangutans to fish The first habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of a non-human animal was in 2005 for Suiza, a chimpanzee in Brazil, who died before being transferred to a sanctuary.

— Sol Amaya, CNN Money, 13 July 2026

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