Shrinker

shrink  (shrngk)

v. shrank (shrngk) or shrunk (shrngk), shrunk or shrunk·en (shrngkn), shrink·ing, shrinks

v.intr.

1. To become constricted from heat, moisture, or cold.

2. To become reduced in amount or value; dwindle: His savings quickly shrank.

3. To draw back instinctively, as from something alarming; recoil.

4. To show reluctance; hesitate: shrink from making such a sacrifice.

v.tr.

To cause to shrink.

n.

1.

a. The act of shrinking.

b. The degree to which something shrinks; shrinkage.

2. Slang A psychotherapist.

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[Middle English shrinken, to wither, shrivel up, from Old English scrincan; see sker-² in Indo-European roots.]

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shrinka·ble adj.

shrinker n.