psych-out

[ sahyk-out ]

/ ˈsaɪkˌaʊt /

noun Informal.

an act or instance of psyching out.

Origin of psych-out

First recorded in 1960–65; noun use of verb phrase psych out

Words nearby psych-out

psychotogenic, psychotomimetic, psychotoxic, psychotronic, psychotropic, psych-out, psychro-, psychroalgia, psychrometer, psychrometric chart, psychrometry

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British Dictionary definitions for psych-out

psych out

verb (mainly tr, adverb) informal

to guess correctly the intentions of (another); outguess

to analyse or solve (a problem, etc) psychologically

to intimidate or frighten

(intr, adverb) to lose control psychologically; break down

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Idioms and Phrases with psych-out

psych out

Analyze or understand something; also, anticipate the intentions of someone, as in It's hard to psych out the opposition's thinking, but we have to try.

Undermine the confidence of, intimidate. For example, The basketball team managed to psych out their opponents' guards. This expression is often used in the passive and can mean “lose one's nerve,” as in After I learned that he had two doctorates in the field, I was completely psyched out. Both slangy usages date from the second half of the 1900s and allude to influencing someone psychologically.

单词	psych-out
释义	psych-out [ sahyk-out ] / ˈsaɪkˌaʊt / noun Informal. an act or instance of psyching out. Origin of psych-out First recorded in 1960–65; noun use of verb phrase psych out Words nearby psych-out psychotogenic, psychotomimetic, psychotoxic, psychotronic, psychotropic, psych-out, psychro-, psychroalgia, psychrometer, psychrometric chart, psychrometry Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for psych-out psych out verb (mainly tr, adverb) informal to guess correctly the intentions of (another); outguess to analyse or solve (a problem, etc) psychologically to intimidate or frighten (intr, adverb) to lose control psychologically; break down Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with psych-out psych out 1 Analyze or understand something; also, anticipate the intentions of someone, as in It's hard to psych out the opposition's thinking, but we have to try. 2 Undermine the confidence of, intimidate. For example, The basketball team managed to psych out their opponents' guards. This expression is often used in the passive and can mean “lose one's nerve,” as in After I learned that he had two doctorates in the field, I was completely psyched out. Both slangy usages date from the second half of the 1900s and allude to influencing someone psychologically. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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