prawn
(prɔːn )
Word forms: prawns
countable noun B2 regional note: in AM, use shrimp
A prawn is a small shellfish with a long tail and many legs, which can be eaten. [British]
...a prawn sandwich.
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Idioms:
come the raw prawn [mainly Australian]
to try to cheat or trick someone
I'm afraid to say they were caught trying to come the raw prawn, as it were.
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Translations:
Chinese: 虾
Japanese: クルマエビ
- feeling of fear
- feeling of frustration
- feeling of fullness
- feeling of gratitude
- feeling of guilt
- feeling of happiness
- feeling of helplessness
- feeling of hopelessness
- feeling of inadequacy
- feeling of inferiority
- feeling of injustice
- feeling of insecurity
- feeling of isolation
- feeling of joy
- feeling of loneliness
- feeling of nausea
- feeling of nostalgia
- feeling of optimism
- feeling of panic
- feeling of powerlessness
- feeling of pride
- feeling of regret
- feeling of rejection
- feeling of relaxation
- feeling of relief