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shrink·er
/
ˈʃrɪŋ
kər
/
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[
shring
-ker
]
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noun
1.
a person or thing that
shrinks
.
2.
a device or chemical substance for
shrinking
.
3.
Slang
.
shrink
(
def. 9
)
.
Origin:
1545–55;
shrink
+
-er
1
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a clever, unscrupulous person
characterized by or defining oneself by ecological awareness, liberal political views, and support or use of natural products and health foods
a person who is the best or one of the best in a particular field; the top-ranked person in a group
a tiresomely disagreeable person
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World English Dictionary
shrink
(ʃrɪŋk)
—
vb
(often foll by
from
) ,
shrinks
,
shrinking
,
shrank
,
shrunk
,
shrunk
,
shrunken
1.
to contract or cause to contract as from wetness, heat, cold, etc
2.
to become or cause to become smaller in size
3.
a. to recoil or withdraw:
to shrink from the sight of blood
b. to feel great reluctance (at):
to shrink from killing an animal
—
n
4.
the act or an instance of shrinking
5.
slang
a psychiatrist
[Old English
scrincan;
related to Old Norse
skrokkr
torso, Old Swedish
skrunkin
wrinkled, Old Norse
hrukka
a crease, Icelandic
skrukka
wrinkled woman]
'shrinkable
—
adj
'shrinker
—
n
'shrinking
—
adj
'shrinkingly
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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