headshrinker

head·shrink·er

 (hĕd′shrĭng′kər)

n.

1. A headhunter who dries and shrinks the heads of enemies.

2. Slang A psychiatrist, especially a psychoanalyst.

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headshrinker

(ˈhɛdˌʃrɪŋkə)

n

1. (Psychiatry) slang a psychoanalyst. Often shortened to: shrink

2. (Anthropology & Ethnology) a head-hunter who shrinks the heads of his victims

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shrink

(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.

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Translations

strizzacervelli

headshrinker

n. psiquiatra.

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