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    [Verb]  | "shrink" | \ ˈshriŋk \


    1: to contract or curl up the body or part of it : huddle, cower

    2: to contract to less extent or compass

    3: to become smaller or more compacted

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English scrincan; akin to Middle Dutch schrinken to draw back;

    [Verb]  | "shrink-wrap" | \ ˈshriŋk-ˌrap \


    1: to wrap (something, such as a book or a piece of meat) in tough clear plastic film that is then shrunk (as by heating) to form a tightly fitting package

    Origin: 1959 ;

    [Noun]  | "shrink" 


    1: the act of shrinking

    2: shrinkage

    3: a clinical psychiatrist or psychologist

    Origin: 1590 ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "shrink from" 


    1: to try to avoid (something difficult or unpleasant) : to be unwilling to do (something)

    [Verb]  | "shrink" 


    1: to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter;


      * e.g., " ... the sweater will shrink a little when washed "




    2: to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust;


      * e.g., " ... shrinking back from the approaching flames "




    3: to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually;


      * e.g., " ... his crush on her is likely to shrink after they start their new lives on different college campuses "



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     [ "shrink" ]

    1: a therapist; comes from "brain shrinker"

      * e.g.,  ... My shrink says I have an Oedipal complex. 

     [ "shrink" ]

    1:  verb: to decrease in size

      * e.g.,  ...  the cold water made my balls shrink 

     [ "shrink" ]

    2:  a psychiatrist or mental doctor

      * e.g.,  ...  that crazy bitch should go see a shrink 

     [ "shrink" ]

    1:  (v): to decrease in size.

      * e.g.,  ...  "I've got some crazy shrinkage going on." 

     [ "shrink" ]

    2:  (n): a psychiatrist, psychologist, or therapist.

      * e.g.,  ...  "My shrink told me I need to take some pills. So I told him to fuck off and die and I threw a molotov cocktail into his living room." 

     [ "shrink" ]

    3:  (n): a slang term for retail theft, commonly used in the retail industry, especially by loss/theft prevention personnel.

      * e.g.,  ...  "An estimated 44% of shrink (retail theft) in 2008 was due to employee theft." 

     [ "shrink" ]

    1: Someone who matches your symptoms to whatever random disorder they've just pulled out of their ass.

      * e.g.,  ... My shrink told me I get SAD over winter and now I have to sell my car so she can tell me how much I suck each week. 

     [ "shrink" ]

    1: That damn stranger who keeps coming to my house whenever my parents believe im crazy. *goes to a corner and holds his knees rocking back and forth, eye-twitching*

      * e.g.,  ... Parents: Damnit! We're calling the shrink again! 

     [ "shrink" ]

    1: One who is a head shrinker.

      * e.g.,  ... "so, ....who do I have to fuck to get a shrink around here?" 

     [ "shrink" ]

    1: racist word used against short asians chink is a discriminatory word used against asians while if they were short you would call them a shrink

      * e.g.,  ... "Shut up you yellow shrink!" "Ain't no way the dog-eating shrink is talking" 

     [ "shrink" ]

    2: its racist AND it calls them short so its like two birds one stone

     [ "shrink" ]

    1: someone to "help" you with yoru problems

      * e.g.,  ... The mistake most of us make is that the state appointed shirnks are our "friends" 

     [ "Shrink" ]

    1: A therapist, one in the mental health profession, a "headshrinker"

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, I can't go out tomorrow night, I gotta meet with my shrink, he thinks I am depressed. 

     [ "shrinking" ]

    1: To drink and shop at the same time.

      * e.g.,  ... Before heading to the mall to buy shoes they made a pit stop at the liquor store to start thier shrinking. 

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