psych (redirected from psyching)

psych also psyche  (sk) Informal

v. psyched, psych·ing, psyches

v.tr.

1.

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

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

2. 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).

3.

a. To analyze, solve, or comprehend.

b. 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).

4. Informal To analyze and treat by psychoanalysis.

v.intr.

To become confused or mentally deranged.

n. psych

Psychology.

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psych, psyche [saɪk]

vb

(Psychoanalysis) (tr) Informal to psychoanalyse See also psych out, psych up

[shortened from psychoanalyse]

Thesaurus

psych

verb

psych someone out unsettle, upset, disturb, intimidate, cow, daunt, put someone off, agitate, unnerve, make someone nervous his ability to wear you down and psych you out

psych yourself up prepare yourself, get in the mood, steel yourself, get in the right frame of mind, gear yourself up, nerve yourself, summon up your courage, gird your loins After work, it's hard to psych yourself up for an hour at the gym.

Translations

psych [saɪk] VT

1. (= make uneasy) (also psych out) → poner nervioso
that doesn't psych me → no me da ni frío ni calor, me tiene sin cuidado

2. (= prepare psychologically) (also psych up) → mentalizar

3. (= guess, anticipate) [+ reactions etc] → adivinar, anticipar

psych out VT + ADV

1. (= make uneasy) → poner nervioso

2. (US) (= analyse, work out) [+ person] → calar
I psyched it all out for myself → me di cuenta de por dónde iban los tiros

psych up VT + ADV to get o.s. psyched up for sth → mentalizarse para algo
he was all psyched up to start, when → ya estaba mentalizado para empezar, cuando ...

psych

vt (inf)

(psychoanalyst) → analysieren

(= understand, get taped) to psych somebody (out), to get somebody psyched (out) → jdn durchschauen