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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.