"psych" meaning in English

See psych in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /saɪk/ Audio: en-ca-psych.opus [Canada] Forms: more psych [comparative], most psych [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪk Etymology: Clipping. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en}} Clipping Head templates: {{en-adj}} psych (comparative more psych, superlative most psych)
  1. (informal) Psychedelic. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-psych-en-adj-O1oXs8M2 Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  2. (informal) Psychiatric. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-psych-en-adj-c2ePj-FW Categories (other): English terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sike [interjection, verb]

Interjection

IPA: /saɪk/ Audio: en-ca-psych.opus [Canada]
Rhymes: -aɪk Etymology: Clipping. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en}} Clipping Head templates: {{en-interj}} psych
  1. (slang) Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled one's interlocutor. Tags: slang Synonyms: sike
    Sense id: en-psych-en-intj-6sFrG45~
  2. (dated, slang) An interjection of surprised happiness. Tags: dated, slang
    Sense id: en-psych-en-intj-6KeVf85z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sike [interjection, verb] Derived forms: evo-psych, geri-psych, pop psych, psych-fi, psych folk, psych out, psych up Related terms: psych-, psycho-, psyche, psych verb

Noun

IPA: /saɪk/ Audio: en-ca-psych.opus [Canada] Forms: psychs [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪk Etymology: Clipping. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en}} Clipping Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s}} psych (countable and uncountable, plural psychs)
  1. Psychology or psychiatry. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-psych-en-noun-tDWomOpM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
  2. A psychologist; a psychiatrist. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-psych-en-noun-LwYsLl8i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sike [interjection, verb]

Verb

IPA: /saɪk/ Audio: en-ca-psych.opus [Canada] Forms: psychs [present, singular, third-person], psyching [participle, present], psyched [participle, past], psyched [past]
Rhymes: -aɪk Etymology: Clipping. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en}} Clipping Head templates: {{en-verb|psychs|+|+}} psych (third-person singular simple present psychs, present participle psyching, simple past and past participle psyched)
  1. (transitive, reflexive) To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind (also psych up). Tags: reflexive, transitive Translations (to put into required frame of mind): psyykata (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-psych-en-verb-k9mvMuG1 Disambiguation of 'to put into required frame of mind': 96 3 2
  2. (transitive) To intimidate (someone) emotionally or using psychology (also psych out). Tags: transitive Translations (to intimidate with psychology): kiusata henkisesti (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-psych-en-verb-t0FBbDKT Disambiguation of 'to intimidate with psychology': 5 88 6
  3. (transitive, informal) To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis. Tags: informal, transitive Translations (to treat with psychoanalysis): analysoida (Finnish), hoitaa psykoanalyysilla (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-psych-en-verb-ZrS5lzc7 Disambiguation of 'to treat with psychoanalysis': 4 11 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sike [interjection, verb]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "a psych band; a psych album. Psych-rock and psych-folk music."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Psychedelic."
      ],
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          "psychedelic"
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      ],
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        "(informal) Psychedelic."
      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
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        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with collocations"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "involuntarily committed to the psych ward"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Psychiatric."
      ],
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          "psychiatric"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Psychiatric."
      ],
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        "informal"
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    {
      "ipa": "/saɪk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪk"
    },
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      "homophone": "sike"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cyc"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ],
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    }
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    }
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}

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          "ref": "1979 August 18, Maida Tilchen, Nancy Vogl, Debbie Lempke, Susan Shanbaum, Bonnie Lockhart, “The Diversity of Women's Music”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 5, page 913",
          "text": "On the stage, what we have to try to have shine through is our love for each other. Sometimes it's difficult, we have to try to psych ourselves out of the places we're at and go to a higher spiritual plane.",
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        "(transitive) To intimidate (someone) emotionally or using psychology (also psych out)."
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        "transitive"
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        "To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis."
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        "(transitive, informal) To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis."
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put into required frame of mind",
      "word": "psyykata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to intimidate with psychology",
      "word": "kiusata henkisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to treat with psychoanalysis",
      "word": "analysoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to treat with psychoanalysis",
      "word": "hoitaa psykoanalyysilla"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "word": "evo-psych"
    },
    {
      "word": "geri-psych"
    },
    {
      "word": "pop psych"
    },
    {
      "word": "psych-fi"
    },
    {
      "word": "psych folk"
    },
    {
      "word": "psych out"
    },
    {
      "word": "psych up"
    }
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    {
      "word": "psycho-"
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      "word": "psyche"
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        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Here, have fifty dollars. Psych! That was two dollars!",
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        }
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        "Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled one's interlocutor."
      ],
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          "interlocutor",
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        "(slang) Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled one's interlocutor."
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      ],
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      ]
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        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        }
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        "An interjection of surprised happiness."
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        "(dated, slang) An interjection of surprised happiness."
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        "dated",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪk"
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      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "interjection",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "sike"
    }
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}

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