Clues for the word "SHRINK"
We've had 40 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 73 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on June 11, 2026.
Definition of shrink
- v. i. - To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted.
- v. i. - To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress.
- v. i. - To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake.
- v. t. - To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water.
- v. t. - To draw back; to withdraw.
- n. - The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.
Referring Clues
- Psychiatrist
- Go down
- Head doctor
- Psychiatrist, slangily
- Shy
- 3-Down's profession
- What pupils do in bright light
- Draw up
- Reduce in size
- Doctor with a couch
- Lose stature
- Get smaller
- Diminish
- Psychiatrist (Sl.)
- Downsize
- Become smaller
- Contract
- Therapist, informally
- A psychiatrist has to become smaller
- Hide in the corner
- Who rocker sees after grueling tour, perhaps
- Psychiatrist (slang)
- Mind chap's lesson read out?
- Psychiatrist, in slang
- Lessen - mind expert?
- Psychotherapist's contract
- Get less recoil
- Decrease - therapist
- Get less time in the kitchen area
- Contract provided by psychiatrist
- Get depressed within an hour? See a psychiatrist!
- Medical consultant's contract
- Quail bone adorning one king and another
- Psychiatrist, informally
- Recoil from a psychiatrist
- Show fear of a psychiatrist
- Decrease
- Quail mum has on ice
- Shrivel
- Decrease in size
Last Seen In
- Daily Quick - June 11, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - November 06, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 16, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - February 13, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 06, 2024
- Daily Quick - October 23, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - August 02, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - July 12, 2024
- Daily Quick - June 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 22, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - November 06, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - September 23, 2023
- Daily Quick - August 26, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - June 20, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - February 13, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - November 06, 2022
- Daily Quick - October 23, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - August 02, 2022
- Daily Quick - June 10, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - November 06, 2017
- Guardian Quick - November 01, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - September 13, 2017
- Daily Quick - August 26, 2017
- Netword - May 08, 2017
- Guardian Prize - December 03, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 10, 2016
- Wall Street Journal - September 12, 2016
- Evening Standard Easy - June 30, 2016
- USA Today - March 31, 2016
- And in 43 more crossword puzzles...