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Psych

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To put into the right psychological frame of mind: The coach psyched the team before the game.

v. To excite emotionally: The children were psyched to see the circus.

v. To undermine the confidence of by psychological means; intimidate: "Depending on whose personality is stronger, one can more easily psych the other” ( Harold C. Schonberg).

v. To analyze, solve, or comprehend.

v. To anticipate or guess the intentions of: "Most others could never approach [his] ability ... to psyche out the opposition's thinking so consistently” ( Steven Brill).

v. Informal To analyze and treat by psychoanalysis.

verb-intransitive. To become confused or mentally deranged.

n. Psychology.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Psychology or psychiatry.

n. A psychologist; a psychiatrist.

v. To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind (also psych up).

v. To intimidate (someone) emotionally or using psychology (also psych out).

v. To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.

interjection. Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled one's interlocutor. Also sike.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An abbreviation of psychology.

Word Usage

"Instead, his latest release reaffirms his hunger, and he's named it after one of his first bands, pre-Zeppelin psych rockers Band Of Joy."

Verb Form

psyched psyches psyching psychs

Form

psych up psych out

Rhyme

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Same Context

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