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headshrink

headshrink noun: a psychiatrist.

Noun

headshrink (plural headshrinks)

  1. (humorous, slang) A psychiatrist.
    • Nhung Ngo had nearly the shortest legs at Site-43. She was one of the shortest members of staff, though seven inches above beneath the positively elfin Delfina Ibanez, and yet Lillian found her inexplicably difficult to shake. Power-walking down the halls didn't do the trick, as it always did when...2022 September 22, HarryBlank, “Mind Over Matter”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 23 May 2024

Forms of headshrink

pluralheadshrinks

Origin of headshrink

From head + shrink.

Questions about headshrink

What does headshrink mean?
Headshrink means a psychiatrist.
What part of speech is headshrink?
Headshrink is a noun.
What is the plural of headshrink?
The plural of headshrink is headshrinks.

Words near headshrink in the dictionary

  1. headshops
  2. headshot
  3. headshots
  4. headshotted
  5. headshotting
  6. headshrink
  7. headshrinker
  8. headshrinkers
  9. headshrinks
  10. headshunt
  11. headshunts

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