Psych - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|saɪk|
Brit.
|saɪk|
noun
- Psychology or psychiatry.
a psych class
- A psychologist; a psychiatrist.verb
- To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind (also psych up).
- To intimidate (someone) emotionally or using psychology (also psych out).
- (informal) To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.
- To intimidate (someone) emotionally or using psychology (also psych out).
- (informal) To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.
interjection
- (slang) Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled one's interlocutor. Also sike.
Extra examples
I'm a psych major now.
He was trying to psych himself before the race.
I psych out every time I enter an examination room.
His attempt to psych out the other competitors seemed to work.
He psyched himself up for the race.
We both knew we had to psych ourselves up for the race.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: psych
he/she/it: psychs
present participle: psyching
past tense: psyched
past participle: psyched
I/you/we/they: psych
he/she/it: psychs
present participle: psyching
past tense: psyched
past participle: psyched
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