psych

Definition

  • verb: to make (yourself or another person) mentally ready to perform or compete
  • verb: to anticipate correctly the intentions or actions of
  • usually + 'up'
  • synonyms: psychoanalyze, outguess

Examples

  • He was trying to 'psych' me 'out' by reminding me of the last time he beat me.

  • He was trying to 'psych' himself 'up' before the race.

  • He was trying to 'psych' himself before the race.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Go on. It changed colours like the chameleon. It uses the jungle. Are you sayin' Blain and Hawkins were killed by a fuckin' lizard? That's a bullshit psych job. There's two or three men at the most. Fucking lizard. - What's your name? - Anna. Anna, this thing is hunting us. All of us. (..)
    1987 Predator