head-shrinker

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Synoniemen

shrink

headhunter

psychiatrist

Vertalingen

psiquiatre

ψυχίατρος

chasseur de tête

psychiatre

psychiatriste

Psychiatre

psichiatra

cacciatore di teste

psiquiatra

encolhimento

psiquiatra

Etymologie (Engels)

Originally US, probably by reference to slang terms like “swelled head” for someone with delusions of grandeur; a psychiatrist would remove such delusions, thus figuratively shrinking the patient's swelled head.