prawn
English
Etymology 1
First attested early 1400s as various Middle English forms prayne, prane, praune, and prawne, which present no clear cognates in languages other than English. The forms suggest a hypothetical Old English form containing *æg, evolving into Middle English *ay, but it is unclear if the word is of Germanic origin or loaned from a substrate.
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːn
Noun
prawn (countable and uncountable, plural prawn or prawns)
- A shrimp of the suborder Dendrobranchiata.
- (Commonwealth) A large shrimp
- (slang) A woman with a very toned body, but an unattractive face.
- She's a prawn!
- (Australia) A fool, an idiot.
Synonyms
- (woman): butterface, tip drill
Derived terms
Translations
large shrimp
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Verb
prawn (third-person singular simple present prawns, present participle prawning, simple past and past participle prawned)
- (intransitive) To fish for prawns.
Etymology 2
Noun
prawn (plural prawns)
- Alternative form of porn
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- Århammar, Nils (1986): Aspects of Language: Geolinguistics
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