- headshrinker
- noun Date: 1950 shrink 3
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
headshrinker
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headshrinker — [hed′shriŋk΄ər] n. 1. a headhunter who shrinks the heads of his victims ☆ 2. Slang a psychiatrist … English World dictionary
headshrinker — {n.}, {slang}, {informal} A psychoanalyst, also called a shrink. * /Forrester is falling apart; his family physician sent him to a head shrinker (to a shrink)./ … Dictionary of American idioms
headshrinker — {n.}, {slang}, {informal} A psychoanalyst, also called a shrink. * /Forrester is falling apart; his family physician sent him to a head shrinker (to a shrink)./ … Dictionary of American idioms
Headshrinker — Head shrinker can mean:* A song by the band Oasis * A maker of shrunken heads * A slang word for a mental health professional such as a psychiatrist or psychotherapist … Wikipedia
headshrinker — /hed shring keuhr/, n. Slang. shrink (def. 9). [1945 50, Amer.; HEAD + SHRINK + ER1] * * * … Universalium
headshrinker — noun psychiatrist … Wiktionary
headshrinker — head·shrink·er .shriŋ kər n SHRINK … Medical dictionary
Headshrinker — psychiatrist … Dictionary of Australian slang
headshrinker — Australian Slang psychiatrist … English dialects glossary
headshrinker — n a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst. A jocular term of the 1950s originating in the USA and reflecting the mild contempt, tinged with fear, felt towards the practitioners of these professions. Since the late 1960s both terms have normally been short… … Contemporary slang
