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Meaning of head-shrinker | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A psychiatrist or psychotherapist; a shrink.
    slang
  2. One who shrinks heads, as previously done by some Amazon tribes.
    literally

Equivalents

Suomi kallonkutistaja

Examples

“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.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Head-Smashed-In Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump head-the-ball head-turner head-up display headach

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