shrink

Definitions

1. Shrinkage; contraction; recoil.
2. A psychiatrist or psychotherapist.
   derogatory, slang, sometimes
3. Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date.
   uncountable

Equivalents

34 more languages

Afrikaanskrimp

العربيةأحجمإنكمشتَقَلَّصَقلص+ 1 more

Azərbaycan dilikiçilmək

Българскисвивам

Bosanskiminuo

Catalàencongirencongir-se

Češtinapsychoušsmrštit se

Cymraeglleihaumynd yn llai

Danskkrympe

Ελληνικάαποτραβιέμαιζαρώνωμαζεύομαιμπάζωσυρρικνώνωτρελογιατρός+ 3 more

Esperantoetigiŝrumpi

Suomikallonkutistajakutistaakutistuapsykoanalyytikko+ 1 more

Gaeilgecrap

עבריתהקטיןהתכווץכיווץקטון+ 1 more

हिन्दीसिकोड़ना

Hrvatskiminuo

Հայերենփոքրանալ

Bahasa Indonesiamemperkecilmenciutmenciutkanmengecil+ 1 more

Italianopsichiatrarestringersirimpiccolirsiritirarsistrizzacervelli+ 2 more

日本語搴短縮する精神科医縮まる縮む縮める縮小する+ 4 more

한국어수축(收縮)하다움츠러들다움츠러들이다움츠러뜨리다움츠러지다움츠러트리다움츠리다움치다움치러지다정신과 의사+ 7 more

Latinadiminuōminuō

Te Reo Māorikumu

Nederlandskrimpenslinkenverschrompelenzielenknijperzielknijper+ 2 more

Polskikurczyć się

Portuguêscontrairencolher

Românăcontractadiminuaintra la apămicșora+ 1 more

Русскиймозгоправсадитьсясестьсжатьсжатьсясжиматьсжиматьсясократитьсясокращатьсяуменьшатьуменьша́тьсяуменьшитьуме́ньшиться+ 10 more

Српскиminuo

Svenskahjärnskrynklarekrympa

ไทยหดหดตัว

Türkçeküçülmekküçültmekufaltmak

Українськазме́ншитисязме́ншуватисяскороти́тисяскоро́чуватисястискатисястискуватисястиснутися+ 4 more

Tiếng Việt跼

Examples

“Yet almost with, with sudden shrink⟳, That I had less to praise⟳.”

“You need⟳ to see⟳ a shrink⟳, you crazy fool.”

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

“I went to a shrink⟳ to analyze my dreams / She says it's lack of sex that's bringing me down”

“"From behind the counter of this provincial train⟳ station coffee shop⟳, Joanna was barista and unofficial shrink⟳ to wildly varied London-bound travellers," writes author Laline Paull. Confessions of a Barista on Platform 1 was published on February 9 by The Firle Press⟳ [...].”

“Assuming the retailer's shrink⟳ is average or below, and the owner is comfortable with the level of shrink⟳, perhaps nothing more need⟳ be done except to maintain⟳ vigilance and to monitor⟳ the shrink⟳ for signs of emerging problems.”

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