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headshrinker
head·shrink·er H0103100 (hĕd′shrĭng′kər)n.1. A headhunter who dries and shrinks the heads of enemies.2. Slang A psychiatrist, especially a psychoanalyst.headshrinker (ˈhɛdˌʃrɪŋkə) n1. (Psychiatry) slang a psychoanalyst. Often shortened to: shrink 2. (Anthropology & Ethnology) a head-hunter who shrinks the heads of his victimsshrink (ʃrɪŋk)
v. shrank, often, shrunk; shrunk shrunk•en; shrink•ing; v.i. 1. to contract or lessen in size: cloth that shrinks if washed. 2. to become reduced in extent, compass, or value. 3. to draw back; recoil: to shrink from danger. v.t. 4. to cause to shrink or contract; reduce. 5. preshrink. n. 6. an act or instance of shrinking. 7. shrinkage. 8. Slang. a psychotherapist, psychiatrist, or psychoanalyst. [before 900; Middle English schrinken, Old English scrincan, c. Middle Dutch schrinken, Swedish skrynka to shrink] shrink′er,
n. syn: See decrease. Translationsheadshrinker
headshrinker1. a slang name for psychiatrist2. a head-hunter who shrinks the heads of his victims FinancialSeeShrinkThesaurusSeeshrink |