"psycho" meaning in English

See psycho in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯/ [General-Australian, UK], /ˈsaɪ̯.koʊ̯/ [Canada, US] Audio: en-au-psycho.ogg [Australia] Forms: more psycho [comparative], most psycho [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪkəʊ Etymology: Clipping of psychotic and psychopath + -o (“person with characteristic”). Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|psychotic}} Clipping of psychotic, {{m|en|psychopath}} psychopath, {{suffix|en||o|t2=person with characteristic}} + -o (“person with characteristic”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} psycho (comparative more psycho, superlative most psycho)
  1. (colloquial or derogatory) Psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane. Categories (topical): People Translations ((colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic): psyko (Danish), פסיכי (psikhi) (Hebrew), tak waras (Indonesian), psychotic (Interlingua), psychopathic (Interlingua), psicótico [masculine] (Portuguese), psicopático [masculine] (Portuguese), psykopatisk (Swedish), tokig (Swedish), vansinnig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-psycho-en-adj-vfT8XRxV Disambiguation of People: 11 43 45 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: syko [slang]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯/ [General-Australian, UK], /ˈsaɪ̯.koʊ̯/ [Canada, US] Audio: en-au-psycho.ogg [Australia] Forms: psychos [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪkəʊ Etymology: Clipping of psychotic and psychopath + -o (“person with characteristic”). Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|psychotic}} Clipping of psychotic, {{m|en|psychopath}} psychopath, {{suffix|en||o|t2=person with characteristic}} + -o (“person with characteristic”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} psycho (plural psychos)
  1. (derogatory, slang) A person who is psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): People Synonyms: freak, loony, nutcase, wacko Translations (psychotic or otherwise insane person): психопат (psihopat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 精神病人 (jīngshénbìngrén) (Chinese Mandarin), 精神病患者 (jīngshénbìnghuànzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), sekopää (Finnish), kaistapää (Finnish), psyko (Finnish), psychopathe (French), Psycho [masculine, slang] (German), Psychopath [masculine] (German), פסיכי (psikhi) (Hebrew), psicopata [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), psicótico [masculine] (Portuguese), louco [masculine] (Portuguese), doido [masculine] (Portuguese), insano [masculine] (Portuguese), псих (psix) [masculine] (Russian), psicópata [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), psykfall [neuter] (Swedish), psyk [neuter] (Swedish), psyko [neuter] (Swedish), sayko (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-psycho-en-noun-A1ANsikT Disambiguation of People: 11 43 45 0 Disambiguation of 'psychotic or otherwise insane person': 62 38
  2. (derogatory, slang, broadly) A person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner. Tags: broadly, derogatory, slang Categories (topical): People Synonyms: creep, freak, loose cannon, weirdo Translations (person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner): 黐線佬 (Chinese Cantonese), 黐线佬 (ci¹ sin³ lou²) (Chinese Cantonese), 瘋子 (Chinese Mandarin), 疯子 (fēngzi) (Chinese Mandarin), 狂人 (kuángrén) (Chinese Mandarin), kaistapää (Finnish), Verrückte [feminine, masculine] (German), ψυχώ (psychó) [neuter] (Greek), 狂人 (kyōjin) (alt: きょうじん) (Japanese), psicopata [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), psicótico [masculine] (Portuguese), псих (psix) [masculine] (Russian), galning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-psycho-en-noun-4j1zlNaB Disambiguation of People: 11 43 45 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -o Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 21 48 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -o: 4 28 68 Disambiguation of 'person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner': 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: syko [slang]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯/ [General-Australian, UK], /ˈsaɪ̯.koʊ̯/ [Canada, US] Audio: en-au-psycho.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -aɪkəʊ Etymology: Clipping of psychology. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|psychology}} Clipping of psychology Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} psycho (uncountable)
  1. (informal) A class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught. Tags: informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-psycho-en-noun-J8z6ayNN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: syko [slang]
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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