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head-shrinkers

head-shrinkers is the plural of head-shrinker.

Meaning of head-shrinker

Noun

head-shrinker (plural head-shrinkers)

  1. (slang) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist; a shrink.
    • DIESEL: In the opinion on this court, this child is depraved on account he ain't had a normal home. ACTION: Hey, I'm depraved on account I'm deprived. DIESEL: So take him to a headshrinker.1957, West Side Story
  2. (literally) One who shrinks heads, as previously done by some Amazon tribes.
    • I listened to the sculptor of Dead Dad give an interview to a European television station while he crouched by the shrunken corpse of his own creation, a huge technical advance over the headshrinkers of New Guinea.2010, Theodore Dalrymple, Our Culture, What’s Left of It

Questions about head-shrinkers

What is head-shrinkers the plural of?
Head-shrinkers is the plural of head-shrinker.

Words near head-shrinkers in the dictionary

  1. head-scratcher
  2. head-scratchers
  3. head-scratching
  4. head-scratchings
  5. head-shrinker
  6. head-shrinkers
  7. head-shy
  8. Head-Smashed-In
  9. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
  10. head-space
  11. head-spaces

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