SHRIMP Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

shrimp

verb

Definition of shrimp

as in to fish

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Twenty-four hours earlier, a boy, who was fishing with his father, was bitten on the hand at Nelson’s Fish Camp in Marion County, WESH reported.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
Visitors can fish from either the beach or the seawall along the Matanzas River on the park's west boundary.

— Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 30 June 2026

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