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shrinker

 [shring-ker]  

shrink·er

   [shring-ker]
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 + -er1
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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

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