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☆ psych (sīk)

transitive verb psyched, psyching psych′·ing

  1. to cause to be disturbed mentally or excited emotionally: often with up
  2. to understand the motives or behavior of by intuition or psychological means, esp. so as to outwit, overcome, or control: often with out
  3. to prepare (oneself or someone) psychologically: usually with up

Etymology: shortened < psychoanalyze

psych Idioms

psych out

Slang
  1. to lose one's courage or nerve
  2. to pretend to be mentally disturbed so as to evade a situation
psych2 definition

psych

  1. psychiatric
  2. psychiatry
  3. psychological
  4. psychology

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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