psych 관용구

psych out

lose confidence, be unable to concentrate If I think about making a mistake, I get psyched out.

psyched/psyched up

prepared, excited, pumped, up for it Claire was psyched for the exam. She was ready for the challenge.

psyched up

mentally alert, ready to do something The team was psyched up for the game but they lost anyway.

Alans Psychedelic Breakfast

American slang for to vomit

psych

1. dupe. Check out 70's basketball commentary. Dr. J and especially Nate Archibald used to do dribbling moves to psych out opponents. Psych as in psychological head trips they threw
2. (interj) I duped you

psyched out

Idiom(s): psyched out

Theme: CONFUSION

confused and disoriented. (Slang. Pronounced as if it were spelled siked.)
• What an upsetting day! I'm really psyched out.
• She is so psyched out she can't see straight.

psyche sb up

Idiom(s): psyche sb up

Theme: ENTHUSIASM

to cause someone to be enthusiastic about doing something. (Slang. Pronounced as if it were spelled sike.)
• The coach psyched up the team before the game.
• I need someone to psyche me up before I go on stage.

psyche sb out

Idiom(s): psyche sb out

Theme: CONFUSION

to confuse someone; to cause someone to go crazy.(Slang. Pronounced as if it were spelled sike.)
• All that bright light psyched me out. I couldn't think straight.
• They psyched out the enemy soldiers, causing them to jump into the river.

psyche out

Idiom(s): psyche out

Theme: CRAZINESS

to go crazy. (Slang. Pronounced as if it were spelled sike.)
• I don't know what happened to me. Suddenly I psyched out and started yelling.
• Max nearly psyched out when he saw the bill.

psych out|psych

v. phr., slang, informal 1. To find out the real motives of (someone). Sue sure has got Joe psyched out. 2. To go berserk; to lose one's nerve. Joe says he doesn't ride his motorcycle on the highway anymore because he's psyched out. Jim psyched out and robbed a liquor store, when he has all he needs and wants!

psyched up|psyched

adj., informal Mentally alert; ready to do something. The students were all psyched up for their final exams.

psych up

psych up
Excite emotionally, as in The chorus was really psyched up for performing in Symphony Hall. [Slang; c. 1970]

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