psych-out

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sahyk out]
- /saɪk aʊt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sahyk out]
- /saɪk aʊt/

Definitions of psych-out word

noun psych-out an act or instance of psyching out. 1
verb with object psych-out to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition. 1
verb with object psych-out to prepare psychologically to be in the right frame of mind or to give one's best (often followed by up): to psych oneself up for an interview. 1
verb with object psych-out to figure out psychologically; decipher (often followed by out): to psych out a problem. 1

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Origin of psych-out

First appearance:

before 1960

One of the 3% newest English words

First recorded in 1960-65; noun use of verb phrase psych out

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Parts of speech for Psych-out

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Psych-out

psych-out popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.