Associations to the word «Psych»

Wiktionary

PSYCH, noun. Psychology or psychiatry.
PSYCH, noun. A psychologist; a psychiatrist.
PSYCH, adjective. Psychedelic.
PSYCH, verb. (transitive) (reflexive) To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind (also psych up).
PSYCH, verb. (transitive) To intimidate (someone) emotionally or using psychology (also psych out).
PSYCH, verb. (transitive) (informal) To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.
PSYCH, interjection. (slang) Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled one's interlocutor. Also sike.
PSYCH FOLK, noun. (music) A genre of folk music influenced by psychedelic rock and possessing a dark, sinister tone.
PSYCH OUT, verb. (transitive) (original sense) To outsmart.
PSYCH OUT, verb. (transitive) To unnerve.
PSYCH UP, verb. (transitive) to motivate

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley