psych

Formspsychs, psyching, psyched

Pluralpsychs (some meanings)

1. 1
   get readyverbcolloquialreflexivetransitive

   To get yourself or someone else ready in your mind for something.

   She listens to loud music to psych herself up before a game.

   The coach's speech really psyched the team up for the final.

   Similarmotivate, steel

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2. 2
   scareverbcolloquialtransitive

   To scare or upset someone by playing tricks on their mind.

   The other team tried to psych us out by yelling during warm-ups.

   His loud warm-up psyched everyone out.

   Similarintimidate, rattle, unnerve

3. 3
   study of mindnouncolloquialuncountable

   Psychology, the study of the mind, or psychiatry, the medical care of the mind.

   I'm taking psych this semester.

   After medical school, she decided to go into psych.

   Similarpsychology, psychiatry

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4. 4
   mental treatmentnouncolloquialcountable or uncountable

   A hospital for mental illness, or treatment for mental illness.

   After his breakdown, he spent two weeks in psych.

   Her insurance paid for a few months of psych.

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5. 5
   therapistnouncolloquialcountable

   A psychologist or psychiatrist, someone who treats problems of the mind.

   The school psych talked with every student after the accident.

   Her parents took her to see a psych.

   Similarpsychologist, psychiatrist, shrink

6. 6
   adjectivecolloquial

   Having to do with mental illness and its treatment.

   He spent a week in the psych ward.

   The hospital has a psych nurse on every floor.

   Similarpsychiatric

7. 7
   dreamy styleadjectivecolloquial

   Wild and dreamlike in style, often with bright colors or strange sounds.

   She painted her room in bright psych colors.

   My uncle still plays guitar in a psych band.

   Similarpsychedelic, trippy

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