prawn

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːn

Noun

prawn (plural prawns)

1. A large shrimp.
2. (slang) A woman with a very toned body, but an unattractive face.

   She's a prawn!

Synonyms

• (woman) butterface

Derived terms

• come the raw prawn
• king prawn

Translations

large shrimp

• Arabic: جمبري (ar) (jambari) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蝦 (cmn), 虾 (cmn) (xiā), 明蝦 (cmn), 明虾 (cmn) (míngxiā)

• French: crevette (fr) f
• German: Garnele (de) f
• Irish: cloicheán (ga) m
• Italian: gambero (it) m
• Japanese: エビ (ja) (ebi) (蝦 (ja), 海老 (ja))
• Jèrriais: grosse chèrvette f

• Macedonian: скамп (mk) (skamp) m, шкамп (mk) (škamp) m
• Malay: udang (ms)
• Polish: krewetka (pl) f
• Russian: креветка (ru) (krevétka) f
• Spanish: gamba (es) f, camarón (es) m
• Tok Pisin: see kindam (tpi)
• Vietnamese: tôm (vi)
• Welsh: corgimwch (cy) m

Verb

prawn (third-person singular simple present prawns, present participle prawning, simple past and past participle prawned)

1. (intransitive) To fish for prawns.