pɹɔːn pɹoːn pɹɔn ˈɹʌnt ʃɹɪmp ʃɹɪmp fish for shrimp small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible any of various edible decapod crustaceans disparaging terms for small people