psych-out

(sīk′out′)

n. Informal

The act or an instance of undermining someone's confidence by psychological means.

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References in periodicals archive

Ask Polo Pepe and his band Sociedad Corrupto after you hear "San Felipe es Punk." Look for Mexican Rock and Roll Rumble and Psych-Out South of the Border.

Notes from the underground

Tony is slimm-ish like many darts players now, and he's not yet adopted the arrogant attitude of champions like Phil Taylor and Eric Bristow who tried to psych-out other players, hence the Crafty Cockney nickname.

Sport Letter: Off target

But his film--or phonokineto-graph--is not the sort of '60s-inspired drug phantasmagoria you might expect (The Trip or Psych-Out, say), where an altered state of consciousness is the main event.

A thousand words: Rodney Graham talks about the phonokinetoscope

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