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
- acquire momentum
- acquire ownership
- acquire power
- acquirer
- acquire territory
- acquire the ability to
- acquire wealth
- acquire wisdom
- acquisition
- acquisition cost
- acquisition of information
- acquisition of knowledge
- acquisition of land
- acquisition of wealth
- acquisition opportunity
- acquisition spree
- acquisition strategy
- acquisition target
- acquisitive
- acquisitiveness
- acquit
- acquit a defendant
- acquittal
- a cracking pace
- acre