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- US Pronunciation
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- [sahyk uhp]
- /saɪk ʌp/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [sahyk uhp]
- /saɪk ʌp/
Definitions of psych up words
- verb with object psych up to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition. 1
- verb with object psych up 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 up to figure out psychologically; decipher (often followed by out): to psych out a problem. 1
- phrasal verb psych up If you psych yourself up before a contest or a difficult task, you prepare yourself for it mentally, especially by telling yourself that you can win or succeed. 0
- verb psych up to get (oneself or another) into a state of psychological readiness for an action, performance, etc 0
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Origin of psych up
First appearance:
before 1915 One of the 14% newest English words
1915-20 in earlier sense “to subject to psychoanalysis”; originally a shortening of psychoanalyze; in later use (especially indefs 1, 2) perhaps independent use of psych-
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Parts of speech for Psych up
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
psych up popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
psych up usage trend in Literature
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verb psych up
- fit out — adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
- gear up — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- get ready — the state or condition of being ready.
- get set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- inspirit — to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
Antonyms for psych up
verb psych up
- deject — to have a depressing effect on; dispirit; dishearten
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