headshrinker

[hed-shring-ker] /ˈhɛdˌʃrɪŋ kər/
noun, Slang.
1.
shrink (def 9).
Origin
1945-50, Americanism; head + shrink + -er1
Examples from the web for headshrinker
  • The tribe's witch doctor, the chief headshrinker, views the invasion of the whites with a sour visage.
British Dictionary definitions for headshrinker

headshrinker

/ˈhɛdˌʃrɪŋkə/
noun
1.
(slang) a psychoanalyst Often shortened to shrink
2.
a head-hunter who shrinks the heads of his victims
Slang definitions & phrases for headshrinker

headshrinker

noun

Any psychotherapist, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, etc; shrink: with a good deal more understanding than any clergyman or headshrinker/ You lousy smug headpeeper (1950+ Medical)