psych out (to)
1psych out — ˌpsych ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they psych out he/she/it psychs out present participle psyching out past tense …
2psych out — {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. To find out the real motives of (someone). * /Sue sure has got Joe psyched out./ 2. To go berserk; to lose one s nerve. * /Joe says he doesn t ride his motorcycle on the highway anymore because he s psyched out./ …
3psych out — {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. To find out the real motives of (someone). * /Sue sure has got Joe psyched out./ 2. To go berserk; to lose one s nerve. * /Joe says he doesn t ride his motorcycle on the highway anymore because he s psyched out./ …
4psych out — (someone) to make someone believe that they will fail. Our strategy is to psych out the other team before the game begins. She failed the test after psyching herself out, thinking how important it was for her future …
5psych-out — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: from psych out, verb, from psych (herein) : an act or an instance of psyching out in a psych out you always make a show of confidence, while you work to undermine the confidence of your competition Don Schollander …
6Psych-Out — Infobox Film | name = Psych Out caption = director = Richard Rush producer = Dick Clark Norman T. Herman writer = Betty Tusher E. Hunter Willett Betty Ulius starring = Susan Strasberg Dean Stockwell Jack Nicholson Bruce Dern music = Ronald Stein… …
7psych out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms psych out : present tense I/you/we/they psych out he/she/it psychs out present participle psyching out past tense psyched out past participle psyched out informal to talk or behave very confidently in order to …
8psych out — PHRASAL VERB If you psych out your opponent in a contest, you try to make them feel less confident by behaving in a very confident or aggressive way. [INFORMAL] [V n P] They are like heavyweight boxers, trying to psych each other out and build… …
9psych out — in. to have a nervous or emotional trauma; to go mad for a brief time. (See also freak (out).) □ Another day like this one and I’ll psych out for sure. □ He looked at the bill and psyched out …
10psych-out — /suyk owt /, n. Informal. an act or instance of psyching out. [1960 65; n. use of v. phrase psych out] * * * …
