Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The occupation or business of catching shrimps.

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  • verb Present participle of shrimp.

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Examples

  • Ali Velshi, as usual, getting us both a personal report from some of the folks there and the effect it's going to have on industry, namely the shrimping and oil rigs along the region.

    CNN Transcript Aug 30, 2008 2008

  • St. Helena natives and transplants recalled shrimping trips, strict teachers at the Penn Center school, Praise House songs and the end of segregation in Beaufort County.

    Island Packet: Home 2010

  • St. Helena natives and transplants recalled shrimping trips, strict teachers at the Penn Center school, Praise House songs and the end of segregation in Beaufort County.

    Island Packet: Home 2010

  • St. Helena natives and transplants recalled shrimping trips, strict teachers at the Penn Center school, Praise House songs and the end of segregation in Beaufort County.

    Island Packet: Home 2010

  • Kemah incorporated in 1965 and was widely known as a shrimping village until 1997 when entrepreneur Tilman Fertitta built the 14-acre Kemah Boardwalk.

    The Daily News - News 2009

  • Kemah incorporated in 1965 and was widely known as a shrimping village until 1997 when entrepreneur Tilman Fertitta built the 14-acre Kemah Boardwalk.

    The Daily News - News 2009

  • Kemah incorporated in 1965 and was widely known as a shrimping village until 1997 when entrepreneur Tilman Fertitta built the 14-acre Kemah Boardwalk.

    The Daily News - News 2009

  • Entire industries, such as shrimping, fishing, and raising oysters will be devastated for decades to come.

    Senator: 'BP says it'll pay for this mess. Baloney.' 2010

  • Sailors call it "shrimping," and Easy made it look, well, easy.

    unknown title 2009

  • So the bean counters at the oil companies decide it's cheaper to take a chance on ruining the Gulf of Mexico and all the industries dependent upon it like fishing, shrimping and tourism (not to mention the wildlife), than to put in place voluntary safeguards like a remote-controlled emergency shut-off valve, called a blowout preventer.

    Durbin: New safety standards likely for offshore drilling 2010

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