Meaning

3 senses
  1. Shrinkage; contraction; recoil.

  2. (derogatory, slang, sometimes)A psychiatrist or psychotherapist.

    You need to see a shrink, you crazy fool.

    My shrink said that he was an enabler, bad for me.

    Seelenklempner, Irrenarzt

    мозгопра́вmozgopráv

  3. (uncountable)Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date.

More definitions
  • a physician who specializes in psychiatry

Examples

117 sentences
  1. The population of Japan is shrinking.

    Населення Японії скорочується. — deniko

    ruНаселение Японии сокращается. — Selena777

    deDie Bevölkerungszahl von Japan ist rückläufig. — Esperantostern

  2. Japan's population is shrinking.

    Населення Японії скорочується. — deniko

    ruНаселение Японии сокращается. — Selena777

    deDie Bevölkerungszahl von Japan ist rückläufig. — Esperantostern

  3. My jeans shrank in the wash.

    ruМои джинсы сели после стирки. — marafon

    deMeine Jeans ist beim Waschen eingelaufen. — Esperantostern

  4. Have you been seeing a shrink?

    ruТы посещал психиатра? — Robertpaulson

  5. I think my jeans have shrunk.

    ruКажется, у меня джинсы сели. — Wezel

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling):

Origin

From Middle English schrynken, from Old English sċrincan, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną.

From Middle English schrynken, from Old English sċrincan, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną. Cognate with Dutch schrinken (“to shrink”).

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Forms

plural: shrinks
Singularshrink

uncountable

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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