Definitions for shrimper

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shrimper shrimp·er

Spelling: [shrim-per]

IPA: /ˈʃrɪm pər/

Shrimper is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 241 anagrams from letters in shrimper (ehimprrs).

Definitions for shrimper

noun

1. a shrimp fisherman.
2. a boat used for shrimping.
3. Informal. a shrimp.

Origin of shrimper

First recorded in 1850-55; shrimp + -er¹

Examples for shrimper

“I remember going out with a shrimper after Katrina, a real Bubba Gump moment,” Severson says.

He was evidently a fisherman or a shrimper, and his movements had all the strangeness of some long-legged aquatic bird.