English
psych
Pronunciation Noun

psych

  1. Psychology or psychiatry.
    a psych class
  2. A psychologist; a psychiatrist.
    • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 476:
      She had attended a conference of psychs at which he had presided and they had taken a fancy to each other.
Adjective

psych

  1. (informal) Psychedelic.
    curtains with psych colors
    a psych band; a psych album. psych-rock and psych-folk music.
  2. (informal) Psychiatric.
Verb

psych (psychs, present participle psyching; past and past participle psyched)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind (also psych up).
  2. (transitive) To intimidate (someone) emotionally or using psychology (also psych out).
  3. (transitive, informal) To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.
Interjection
  1. (slang) Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled one's interlocutor. Also sike.
  2. (dated, slang) An interjection of surprised happiness.
    Psych! I just found my missing bracelet!
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