shrink ray

Noun

shrink ray (plural shrink rays)

1. A fictional device that shrinks objects to a smaller size.
   • On this episode of Interstellar Voyagers From Uranus, our heroes encounter a planet where aliens have built shrink rays that threaten to trap them inside a terrarium as the aliens' pets!
   • “Listen, the weather is in your blood. You should be the Green Man holding the fluffy white fun bags.” “Do you mean clouds?” “If only you could think of a way to get into that Cloud Guy suit.” “Like, if it shrank. Yes. So I need to... invent a shrink ray?” “No. At the station, use the dryer.”2025 August 14, Asha Michelle Wilson, “Anchor Ham Adventure” (11:42 from the start), in The Great North, season 5, episode 19, spoken by Ham Tobin (Paul Rust)
2. A fictional ray of energy or influence, or beam of radiation, that emanates from such a device.
   • On this episode of Interstellar Voyagers From Uranus, our heroes encounter a planet where shrink rays threaten to trap them inside a terrarium as an alien's pets!