"shrinker" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-shrinker.ogg Forms: shrinkers [plural]
Etymology: From shrink + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shrink|er}} shrink + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} shrinker (plural shrinkers)
  1. Something that makes something else shrink. Translations (something that makes something else shrink): lyhentäjä (note: of time) (Finnish), kutistaja (english: physically) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-shrinker-en-noun-iz-n5smk Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 10 4 32 40 14 Disambiguation of 'something that makes something else shrink': 83 7 2 4 4
  2. (slang) A psychiatrist; a head-shrinker. Tags: slang Translations (slang: psychiatrist): kallonkutistaja (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-shrinker-en-noun-IuHUPJyB Disambiguation of 'slang: psychiatrist': 8 82 4 4 2
  3. (medicine) A sock-like article used to compress a stump remaining after amputation. Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (medicine: sock-like article used to compress a stump): puristusside (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-shrinker-en-noun-6xrjmjXf Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 10 4 32 40 14 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'medicine: sock-like article used to compress a stump': 2 2 93 2 1
  4. One who shrinks or recoils.
    Sense id: en-shrinker-en-noun-aklbic62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 3 35 52 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 10 4 32 40 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 4 28 47 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 3 37 47 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 2 18 67 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 13 22 42 8
  5. Something that itself shrinks.
    Sense id: en-shrinker-en-noun-jrrEmK74 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 10 4 32 40 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: boner-shrinker, head-shrinker

Inflected forms

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