ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Shrinker

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Shrinker is a noun meaning Something that makes something else shrink.

Meaning

Something that makes something else shrink.

More Meanings

  1. (medicine) A sock-like article used to compress a stump remaining after amputation.
  2. One who shrinks or recoils.
  3. Something that itself shrinks.
  4. (slang) A psychiatrist; a head-shrinker.

Example Sentences

Are you a wishful shrinker? If you haven't dieted because you just plain like good food […]
These can be called the Blaster (aggressive), the Shrinker (overly passive), or the Me (effective).
Mr. Druggist, are you a shrinker? Hold a minute now — before getting excited. A late dictionary defines a shrinker in a general sense as one who recoils, or draws back fearfully from something dreaded.
Sometimes I think that humanity is divided into two classes, the Shrinkers and the non-Shrinkers. If you are a Shrinker, you are able to diminish yourself at will, and to slip into the kingdom of Lilliput, not in the role of Gulliver,

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reducer, shriveler, downsizer, shriveling, diminisher, shrivelling.

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