shrink head
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shrink/head shrink — psychiatrist, therapist If I can t manage my personal life, I can always visit a shrink … English idioms
head-shrinker — also head shrinker, 1926 in literal sense, from HEAD (Cf. head) (n.) + agent noun from SHRINK (Cf. shrink) (v.); as U.S. slang for psychologist, by 1950 … Etymology dictionary
shrink — [shriŋk] vi. shrank or shrunk, shrunk or shrunken, shrinking [ME schrynken < OE scrincan, akin to Swed skrynka, to wrinkle < IE * (s)kreng < base * (s)ker , to bend, turn > SHRIMP, Gr kirkos, a ring, L curvus, curved] 1. to become or… … English World dictionary
shrink — O.E. scrincan (class III strong verb; past tense scranc, pp. scruncen), from P.Gmc. *skrenkanan (Cf. M.Du. schrinken), probably from PIE root * (s)ker to turn, bend. Originally with causal shrench (Cf. drink/drench). The meaning draw back, recoil … Etymology dictionary
Shrink — Shrink, n. 1. The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal. [1913 Webster] Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. Leigh Hunt. [1913 Webster] 2. [Contraction of head shrinker, a colloquial term for… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
head|shrink|er — «HEHD SHRIHNG kuhr», noun. 1. (among primitive peoples) a person who shrinks the cut off heads of his enemies as trophies. 2. Slang. a psychiatrist … Useful english dictionary
shrink — has a past tense shrank and a past participle shrunk, but shrunken is the normal adjectival form in both physical and abstract senses: • She was a thin sickly child with a tremendous head of dark curly hair, a tiny shrunken face and enormous eyes … Modern English usage
shrink — shrink1 [ʃrıŋk] v past tense shrank [ʃræŋk] past participle shrunk [ʃrʌŋk] [: Old English; Origin: scrincan] 1.) [I and T] to become smaller, or to make something smaller, through the effects of heat or water ▪ I m worried about washing that… … Dictionary of contemporary English
shrink´ing|ly — shrink1 «shrihngk», verb, shrank or shrunk, shrunk or shrunk|en, shrink|ing, noun. –v.i. 1. to draw back; re … Useful english dictionary
shrink´a|ble — shrink1 «shrihngk», verb, shrank or shrunk, shrunk or shrunk|en, shrink|ing, noun. –v.i. 1. to draw back; re … Useful english dictionary
shrink — shrinkable, adj. shrinkingly, adv. /shringk/, v., shrank or, often, shrunk; shrunk or shrunken; shrinking; n. v.i. 1. to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact. 2. to contract or lessen in size, as… … Universalium
