shrim

English

Etymology

From Middle English *schrymmen, from Old English sċrimman (“shrink, draw up, contract”), from Proto-West Germanic *skrimman, from Proto-Germanic *skrimbaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃɹɪm/
  • Rhymes: -ɪm

Verb

shrim (third-person singular simple present shrims, present participle shrimming, simple past and past participle shrimmed)

  1. (West Country) To shrink; to shrivel.

Derived terms
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