# shrimps

Pronunciation: say "SHRIMPS" /ʃɹɪmps/

## Noun

1. Plural of shrimp. In American English shrimp is the usual plural; shrimps is less common. — plural of shrimp
   - Simple: Plural of shrimp. In the US, people usually say shrimp for more than one.
   - _Cleaner shrimps pick tiny parasites off the fish that visit the reef._
   - _The study compared freshwater shrimps from three different rivers._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of shrimp. — third-person singular simple present indicative of shrimp
   - Simple: The form of shrimp used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _The old fisherman shrimps off the estuary mouth at first light._
   - _Her family shrimps the tidal flats much as their grandparents did._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/shrimps (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).