1. [n]  small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
2. [n]  any of various edible decapod crustaceans
3. [n]  disparaging terms for small people
4. [v]  fish for shrimp

SHRIMP is a 6 letter word that starts with S.

1. \Shrimp\, v. t. [Cf. AS. scrimman to dry up, wither, MHG.
   schrimpfen to shrink, G. schrumpfen, Dan. skrumpe, skrumpes,
   Da. & Sw. skrumpen shriveled. Cf. {Scrimp}, {Shrink},
   {Shrivel}.]
   To contract; to shrink. [Obs.]
   
   

2. \Shrimp\, n. [OE. shrimp; -- probably so named from its
   shriveled appearance. See {Shrimp}, v.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea
          belonging to {Crangon} and various allied genera,
          having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are
          used as food. The larger kinds are called also
          {prawns}. See Illust. of {Decapoda}.
      (b) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran
          tribe {Caridea}, or any species of the order
          Schizopoda, having a similar form.
      (c) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some
          amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the
          fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under {Fairy}, and
          {Brine}.
   
   
   
   2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in
      contempt.
   
            This weak and writhled shrimp.        --Shak.
   
   {Opossum shrimp}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Opossum}.
   
   {Spector shrimp}, or {Skeleton shrimp} (Zo["o]l.), any
      slender amphipod crustacean of the genus {Caprella} and
      allied genera. See Illust. under {L[ae]modopoda}.
   
   {Shrimp catcher} (Zo["o]l.), the little tern ({Sterna
      minuta}).
   
   {Shrimp net}, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net
      dragged over the fishing ground.