psychn.¹

Brit.

/sʌɪk/, U.S.

/saɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: psychology n.; psychiatry n.

Etymology: Partly shortened < psychology n., and partly shortened < psychiatry n.

colloquial.

Psychology; (also) psychiatry. Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > [adjective]

psychologicala1688

pneumatological1706

psychologica1787

psych1895

psycho1914

the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [noun]

psychiatry1828

psychiatrics1847

alienism1870

psych1895

trick-cycling1901

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > [noun] > science of mind or soul

animastic1653

psychology1654

pneumatology1771

psychologicsa1822

psychicsa1832

phrenics1841

psych1895

psycho1921

the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [adjective]

psychiatric1847

psychiatrical1884

psycho-curative1901

psych1946

1895 W. C. Gore in Inlander Nov. 64 Psych. n., psychology.

1910 in Dial. Notes (1914) 4 129 He was feeling sadly as he thought of Psych and Chem.

1946 P. Carter in B. W. Aldiss & H. M. Harrison Decade 1940s (1975) 111 Shut up or I'll have the psych corpsman go over you.

1951 Galaxy Sci. Fiction May 138/1 He had put the entire student body through interrogation and a psych check.

1953 ‘T. Sturgeon’ More than Human iii. 204 He went through medical school too, and psych.

1960 Analog Sci. Fact & Fiction Nov. 12/1 I checked with one of our own psych men... Lefferts has definite paranoid tendencies, he says.

1975 R. H. Rimmer Premar Exper. (1976) i. 78 Since I didn't feel like watching TV in the sitting room, I concentrated on my psych book.

1976 Amer. Speech 1973 48 297 In most large, metropolitan hospitals, there are customarily two or more units devoted to psych.

1992 Glimmer Train Winter 91 Apparently she'd lost her temper..just started screaming and couldn't stop. So she checked herself in to the psych ward at St. Francis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

psychn.²

Brit.

/sʌɪk/, U.S.

/saɪk/

Forms: 1900s– psych, 1900s– psyche.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: psychologist n.; psychiatrist n.; psychoanalyst n.

Etymology: Partly shortened < psychologist n., partly shortened < psychiatrist n., and partly shortened < psychoanalyst n. Compare earlier psych n.¹ and psych v.¹

A psychologist, psychiatrist, or psychoanalyst.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > [noun] > student or teacher of psychology

psychologist1727

pneumatologist1801

psychologer1811

psychologue1842

psychologian1860

psychological1863

psychology student1890

psychist1896

psycho1925

psych1946

the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [noun] > psychiatrist

mad-doctor1697

head-doctor1850

mind-curer1856

psychiater1857

alienist1864

psychopath1864

psychiatrist1869

mind-curist1889

trick-cyclist1897

soul doctor1922

loony-doctor1925

witch doctor1930

psych1946

headshrinker1950

wig-picker1961

shrink1966

shrinker1967

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > [noun] > practitioner of

third ear1907

psychoanalyst1910

analyst1912

psych1946

depth psychologist1947

1946 P. Carter in Astounding Sci.-Fiction Aug. 113 The psychs probably have a spy or two planted in this room.

1947 L. MacNeice Dark Tower 181 You don't mean a psycho-analyst?.. We do not believe in the psych.

1962 P. Mortimer Pumpkin Eater xvi. 146 It's only that the doctor, that psyche, did say that I shouldn't have another child. I'm in the middle of treatment, Jake says, for depression.

1968 Listener 19 Dec. 810/1 ‘That would be very foolish, but also of some inconvenience to me,’ the psych said.

1990 J. Welch Indian Lawyer 243 He read the prison reports, the rap sheet, the various psychs prepared over the years of Peters's previous incarcerations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

psychn.³

Brit.

/sʌɪk/, U.S.

/saɪk/

Forms: 1900s– psych, 1900s– psyche.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: psychic n.

Etymology: Shortened < psychic n. With sense 1 compare earlier psych v.³

1. Bridge. A psychic bid.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > actions or tactics > call > bidding > bid > other types of bid

ask1872

overcall1890

rescue bid1912

game-goer1913

reverse bid1915

denial1916

rebid1916

overbid?1917

rescue?1917

under-call1923

jump1927

invitation1928

score-bid1928

approach1929

pre-empt1929

one-over-one1931

response1931

cue-bid1932

psychic1932

asking bid1936

reverse1936

shut-out1936

under-bid1945

controlled psychic1959

relay bid1959

raise1964

psych1965

multi1972

splinter bid1977

1965 Sunday Times 31 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 38/2 ‘Don't tell me you wouldn't try five-spades.’..You catch them out in a full-blooded psyche.

1969 A. Truscott Great Bridge Scandal 272 His rather puerile psyche clearly indicates that he knew nothing about the hearts opposite.

1973 L. Meynell Fatal Flaw iv. 33 Vyvyan already knew Nancy's play..very dependable; no ‘psyches’ or fancy tricks.

1980 Oxf. Times 25 Jan. (City ed.) 11/6 Barry Rigal reports on the two methods of dealing with psyches—the successful and the unsuccessful—against Surrey.

2. A psychic person. rare.

ΚΠ

1975 Publishers Weekly 7 Apr. 81/3 He has great ESP powers, so he volunteers to help his friend Ahmed of the Rescue Squad trace psyches in distress.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

psychv.¹

Brit.

/sʌɪk/, U.S.

/saɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: psychoanalyse v.

Etymology: Shortened < psychoanalyse v. Compare earlier psych n.¹

1. transitive. To psychoanalyse; (also) to subject to psychological testing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > psychoanalyse [verb (transitive)]

analyse1909

psychoanalyse1911

psych1917

psycho1925

1917 Metrop. Mag. Jan. 20/1 Well, she went to this psychoanalyzer; she was ‘psyched’.

1928 Daily Express 31 Dec. 2/5 While for some patients being ‘psyched’ may be a step towards being cured, to others it may amount to being infected.

1943 F. Brown Angels & Spaceships (1955) 178 It isn't fair to psych a guy when he doesn't know what he's talking about.

1965 P. Wylie They both were Naked i. i. 20 I've been psyched so much I can hardly daydream as I used to.

1982 S. Bellow Dean's Dec. x. 203 They trooped in to be psyched, social-worked, assigned to cells.

1998 E. George Taming Beast 18 I'll get him psyched. If Dr. Sutton thinks he looks okay. I'll give him the shot.

2. transitive. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). To analyse (something), esp. in psychological terms; to work out. Usually with out.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > analyse or describe psychologically [verb (transitive)]

psychologize1852

psych1929

1929 Los Angeles Times 29 Sept. iii. 25/3 We marveled that Daisy Moreno..should have deserted them for another table. Cecil De Mille psyched it as ‘fear’.

1963 F. C. Crews Pooh Perplex 66 Hell, I must have gone through my old copy of Winnie a dozen times, psyching out all the cultural cross-references.

1973 Daily Tel. 30 Nov. (Colour Suppl.) 38/1 I would have come away from his [sc. Geller's] various feats as from any others I could not psych out—certain there was a simple, logical, rather ordinary explanation that escaped me.

1978 S. Brill Teamsters iii. 88 Most others could never approach Hoffa's ability..to psyche out the opposition's thinking so consistently.

1986 D. Shields Dead Lang. (1990) xxvi. 213 Mother prided herself on her ability to ‘psych out’ photographs and she looked at it for the longest time, looked at it again for the longest time but with her glasses on, and finally said, ‘She doesn't love you.’

2002 J. Hanson Real Freshman Handbk. 144 You want to spend your time cramming, not trying to psych out the format or style.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

psychv.²

Brit.

/sʌɪk/, U.S.

/saɪk/

Forms: 1900s– psych, 1900s– psyche.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: psychologize v.

Etymology: Shortened < psychologize v. (see sense 3 at that entry). Compare earlier psych v.¹

1. colloquial (originally U.S.). To influence psychologically.

a. transitive. To influence or manipulate psychologically; to bring (oneself or another) into (also (rare) out of) a particular mental state, situation, etc.; to deceive or trick.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] > affect by suggestion, influence > and subdue

subduec1449

captivate?1531

psych1931

1931 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Rev. 2 Mar. 2/6 ‘But I've the unhappiest feeling,’ she persisted. ‘Psych yourself out of it,’ he counseled.

1957 Venture Sci. Fiction Jan. 18/2 A growing moodiness had driven her..to get out alone... She couldn't understand the pull she felt... Ever since those moments in the Monster's cage... Damn the Monster! Had the thing psyched her?

1961 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 8 Nov. 11. 16/3 ‘We didn't think we could beat Maine with an orthodox offense,’ Hatch said. ‘We hoped this way to provoke some defensive miscues and also to “psych” our own kids into believing they had something extra going for them.’

1966 Time 29 Apr. 35 Having discovered psychology, the cops induce ‘truth’ by psyching the subject.

1977 I. Shaw Beggarman, Thief iii. viii. 313 I had no business being at the net. I was trying to psyche you into missing the shot.

1990 W. Wasserstein Bachelor Girls 197 I haven't actually counted the awards, but I'm sure that if I did I could psych myself into some new form of anxiety over them.

1992 Guardian 16 Apr. 27/7 The biggest thrill [for a lawyer] was trying to psyche out the jury. Ultimately it doesn't really matter what the facts are. It's what you can make the jury believe.

b. transitive. To gain a psychological advantage over; to intimidate, demoralize. Usually with out. Cf. psyched adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)]

awec1225

bashc1375

palla1393

argh1393

formengea1400

matea1400

boasta1522

quail1526

brag1551

appale1563

browbeat1581

adaw1590

overdare1590

dastard1593

strike1598

disdare1612

cowa1616

dare1619

daw1631

bounce1640

dastardize1645

intimidate1646

hector1664

out-hector1672

huff1674

bully1685

harass1788

bullyraga1790

major1829

haze1851

bullock1875

to push (someone) around1900

to put the frighteners in, on1958

psych1963

vibe1979

1963 Amer. Speech 38 205 Get psyched out, v. phr., slang term applied to losing one's nerve while skiing downhill.

1971 E. Bullins in W. King Black Short Story Anthol. (1972) 63 Dandy thought that the way she managed things and worked the love and affection from people was like a pimp who psychs out his whores.

1976 J. Quarry in 6,000 Words 165 Pressure doesn't psych me.

1977 I. Shaw Beggarman, Thief iii. ix. 318 I could see something was psyching him out and it worried me.

1989 Indian Bookworm's Jrnl. Spring 16/1 The crowd in ugly mood, surges against the frail police line...They're all staring at you, trying to psyche you out.

2001 E. Colfer Artemis Fowl v. 99 You're absolutely right. I have no clue what's going on. So there's no future in trying to psych me out.

c. transitive. To prepare (oneself or another) mentally for a particular experience, ordeal, etc.; spec. to excite or stimulate; to make enthusiastic. Frequently with up. Also intransitive. Cf. psyched adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person > mentally

preparec1520

psych1968

1968 New Yorker 10 Aug. 78 He's never tried to psych us, or insult us with a pep talk.

1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon xiii. 318 He always likes to get you psyched up for tragedy.

1972 Washington Post 16 Mar. d6 (headline) Thompson ‘psychs up’ for K. of C. tournament.

1973 Mass. Daily Collegian 26 Apr. 8/1 The states get psyched... New England..has begun to get just a little excited about the upcoming bicentennial of the American Revolution.

1974 H. L. Foster Ribbin', Jivin', & Playin' Dozens vi. 252 The teacher psychs himself—that is, puts himself in a certain frame of mind so that he can deal with the realities of his teaching assignment.

1978 Telegraph (Brisbane) 28 Sept. 23/4 For months we had been psyching ourselves up for this very rare entertainment delight.

1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 6 d/1 It's hard for our kids to get psyched up for a dual meet, especially this early in the season.

1994 I. Botham My Autobiogr. vi. 118 I firmly believed in simply psyching one another up over a beer or two.

2000 C. Crowe Almost Famous (film script) (O.E.D. Archive) 27 (stage direct.) It's their band ritual, psyching together, arms on each other's shoulders in a circle.

2. intransitive. U.S. colloquial. To break down mentally; to become confused or deranged. With out. temporary.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [verb (intransitive)] > break down

psych1970

1970 Atlantic Feb. 84 I psyched out. I'll be damned if I know how.

1972 R. Bloch Night-world (1974) xiv. 90 It had been a real rip-off, and at first Tony had psyched out on the whole scene.

1973 To our Returned Prisoners of War (U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public Affairs) 8 Psych out,..to become confused or disturbed.

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psychv.³

Brit.

/sʌɪk/, U.S.

/saɪk/

Forms: 1900s– psych, 1900s– psyche.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: psychic adj.

Etymology: < psych- (in psychic adj.: see sense 5 at that entry). Compare psychic n. 3.

Bridge.

1. intransitive. To make a psychic bid.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > play bridge [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics > bid > types of bid

overbid1887

double1894

redouble1894

to go back1900

pre-empt1913

rebid1914

S.O.S.1926

overcall1927

cue-bid1932

psych1932

to sign off1932

reverse1939

sacrifice1952

to pass out1959

stop1959

underbid1974

under-call-

1932 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 7 Jan. 3 m/7 (heading) ‘Psyching’ to lose.

1945 ‘S. J. Simon’ Why you lose at Bridge 97 Nobody can compel you to psyche. But you can't stop anybody psyching against you.

1969 A. Truscott Great Bridge Scandal 271 He had no technical reason to suppose that his partner had psyched.

1977 Detroit Free Press 11 Dec. 22–c/1 The psychic bid was invented by Dorothy Rice Sims in the early 1930s. It soon became the vogue to ‘psyche’, usually with hit and miss results.

2004 J. Pottage & P. Burrows Art of Psychic Bidding i. 23 They rarely psyched and one senses that they regarded those who did with disdain.

2. transitive. To make a psychic bid of; (also) to deceive (one's opponents) with a psychic bid.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics > bid > types of bid

double1894

redouble1894

respond1901

overbid1908

underbid1908

to take out of ——1909

rebid1914

rescue1921

jump1927

overcall1927

pre-empt1928

cue-bid1932

psych1937

1937 Washington Post 4 Dec. 11/2 One East player ‘psyched’ a club after the bid was passed around to him.

1937 Nebraska State Jrnl. 28 Dec. 5/4 Those readers who were impressed by North's bidding..would find themselves ‘psyched to pieces’ in a big league game.

1945 ‘S. J. Simon’ Why you lose at Bridge 109 It will take the strong team a long time to realise that you have had the impertinence to try and psyche them.

1977 Bridge Mag. Aug. 86/2 Both Souths psyched a one spade response and both Wests exposed the psyche with almost contemptuous ease.

2005 N.Y. Times 4 June b19 East..found an incredible moment to psych three diamonds.

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n.¹1895

n.²1946

n.³1965

v.¹1917

v.²1931

v.³1932

单词	psych
释义	psychn.¹ Brit. /sʌɪk/, U.S. /saɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: psychology n.; psychiatry n. Etymology: Partly shortened < psychology n., and partly shortened < psychiatry n. colloquial. Psychology; (also) psychiatry. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > [adjective] psychologicala1688 pneumatological1706 psychologica1787 psych1895 psycho1914 the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [noun] psychiatry1828 psychiatrics1847 alienism1870 psych1895 trick-cycling1901 the mind > mental capacity > psychology > [noun] > science of mind or soul animastic1653 psychology1654 pneumatology1771 psychologicsa1822 psychicsa1832 phrenics1841 psych1895 psycho1921 the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [adjective] psychiatric1847 psychiatrical1884 psycho-curative1901 psych1946 1895 W. C. Gore in Inlander Nov. 64 Psych. n., psychology. 1910 in Dial. Notes (1914) 4 129 He was feeling sadly as he thought of Psych and Chem. 1946 P. Carter in B. W. Aldiss & H. M. Harrison Decade 1940s (1975) 111 Shut up or I'll have the psych corpsman go over you. 1951 Galaxy Sci. Fiction May 138/1 He had put the entire student body through interrogation and a psych check. 1953 ‘T. Sturgeon’ More than Human iii. 204 He went through medical school too, and psych. 1960 Analog Sci. Fact & Fiction Nov. 12/1 I checked with one of our own psych men... Lefferts has definite paranoid tendencies, he says. 1975 R. H. Rimmer Premar Exper. (1976) i. 78 Since I didn't feel like watching TV in the sitting room, I concentrated on my psych book. 1976 Amer. Speech 1973 48 297 In most large, metropolitan hospitals, there are customarily two or more units devoted to psych. 1992 Glimmer Train Winter 91 Apparently she'd lost her temper..just started screaming and couldn't stop. So she checked herself in to the psych ward at St. Francis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). psychn.² Brit. /sʌɪk/, U.S. /saɪk/ Forms: 1900s– psych, 1900s– psyche. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: psychologist n.; psychiatrist n.; psychoanalyst n. Etymology: Partly shortened < psychologist n., partly shortened < psychiatrist n., and partly shortened < psychoanalyst n. Compare earlier psych n.¹ and psych v.¹ A psychologist, psychiatrist, or psychoanalyst. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > [noun] > student or teacher of psychology psychologist1727 pneumatologist1801 psychologer1811 psychologue1842 psychologian1860 psychological1863 psychology student1890 psychist1896 psycho1925 psych1946 the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [noun] > psychiatrist mad-doctor1697 head-doctor1850 mind-curer1856 psychiater1857 alienist1864 psychopath1864 psychiatrist1869 mind-curist1889 trick-cyclist1897 soul doctor1922 loony-doctor1925 witch doctor1930 psych1946 headshrinker1950 wig-picker1961 shrink1966 shrinker1967 the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > [noun] > practitioner of third ear1907 psychoanalyst1910 analyst1912 psych1946 depth psychologist1947 1946 P. Carter in Astounding Sci.-Fiction Aug. 113 The psychs probably have a spy or two planted in this room. 1947 L. MacNeice Dark Tower 181 You don't mean a psycho-analyst?.. We do not believe in the psych. 1962 P. Mortimer Pumpkin Eater xvi. 146 It's only that the doctor, that psyche, did say that I shouldn't have another child. I'm in the middle of treatment, Jake says, for depression. 1968 Listener 19 Dec. 810/1 ‘That would be very foolish, but also of some inconvenience to me,’ the psych said. 1990 J. Welch Indian Lawyer 243 He read the prison reports, the rap sheet, the various psychs prepared over the years of Peters's previous incarcerations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). psychn.³ Brit. /sʌɪk/, U.S. /saɪk/ Forms: 1900s– psych, 1900s– psyche. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: psychic n. Etymology: Shortened < psychic n. With sense 1 compare earlier psych v.³ 1. Bridge. A psychic bid. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > actions or tactics > call > bidding > bid > other types of bid ask1872 overcall1890 rescue bid1912 game-goer1913 reverse bid1915 denial1916 rebid1916 overbid?1917 rescue?1917 under-call1923 jump1927 invitation1928 score-bid1928 approach1929 pre-empt1929 one-over-one1931 response1931 cue-bid1932 psychic1932 asking bid1936 reverse1936 shut-out1936 under-bid1945 controlled psychic1959 relay bid1959 raise1964 psych1965 multi1972 splinter bid1977 1965 Sunday Times 31 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 38/2 ‘Don't tell me you wouldn't try five-spades.’..You catch them out in a full-blooded psyche. 1969 A. Truscott Great Bridge Scandal 272 His rather puerile psyche clearly indicates that he knew nothing about the hearts opposite. 1973 L. Meynell Fatal Flaw iv. 33 Vyvyan already knew Nancy's play..very dependable; no ‘psyches’ or fancy tricks. 1980 Oxf. Times 25 Jan. (City ed.) 11/6 Barry Rigal reports on the two methods of dealing with psyches—the successful and the unsuccessful—against Surrey. 2. A psychic person. rare. ΚΠ 1975 Publishers Weekly 7 Apr. 81/3 He has great ESP powers, so he volunteers to help his friend Ahmed of the Rescue Squad trace psyches in distress. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). psychv.¹ Brit. /sʌɪk/, U.S. /saɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: psychoanalyse v. Etymology: Shortened < psychoanalyse v. Compare earlier psych n.¹ 1. transitive. To psychoanalyse; (also) to subject to psychological testing. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > psychoanalyse [verb (transitive)] analyse1909 psychoanalyse1911 psych1917 psycho1925 1917 Metrop. Mag. Jan. 20/1 Well, she went to this psychoanalyzer; she was ‘psyched’. 1928 Daily Express 31 Dec. 2/5 While for some patients being ‘psyched’ may be a step towards being cured, to others it may amount to being infected. 1943 F. Brown Angels & Spaceships (1955) 178 It isn't fair to psych a guy when he doesn't know what he's talking about. 1965 P. Wylie They both were Naked i. i. 20 I've been psyched so much I can hardly daydream as I used to. 1982 S. Bellow Dean's Dec. x. 203 They trooped in to be psyched, social-worked, assigned to cells. 1998 E. George Taming Beast 18 I'll get him psyched. If Dr. Sutton thinks he looks okay. I'll give him the shot. 2. transitive. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). To analyse (something), esp. in psychological terms; to work out. Usually with out. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > analyse or describe psychologically [verb (transitive)] psychologize1852 psych1929 1929 Los Angeles Times 29 Sept. iii. 25/3 We marveled that Daisy Moreno..should have deserted them for another table. Cecil De Mille psyched it as ‘fear’. 1963 F. C. Crews Pooh Perplex 66 Hell, I must have gone through my old copy of Winnie a dozen times, psyching out all the cultural cross-references. 1973 Daily Tel. 30 Nov. (Colour Suppl.) 38/1 I would have come away from his [sc. Geller's] various feats as from any others I could not psych out—certain there was a simple, logical, rather ordinary explanation that escaped me. 1978 S. Brill Teamsters iii. 88 Most others could never approach Hoffa's ability..to psyche out the opposition's thinking so consistently. 1986 D. Shields Dead Lang. (1990) xxvi. 213 Mother prided herself on her ability to ‘psych out’ photographs and she looked at it for the longest time, looked at it again for the longest time but with her glasses on, and finally said, ‘She doesn't love you.’ 2002 J. Hanson Real Freshman Handbk. 144 You want to spend your time cramming, not trying to psych out the format or style. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). psychv.² Brit. /sʌɪk/, U.S. /saɪk/ Forms: 1900s– psych, 1900s– psyche. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: psychologize v. Etymology: Shortened < psychologize v. (see sense 3 at that entry). Compare earlier psych v.¹ 1. colloquial (originally U.S.). To influence psychologically. a. transitive. To influence or manipulate psychologically; to bring (oneself or another) into (also (rare) out of) a particular mental state, situation, etc.; to deceive or trick. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] > affect by suggestion, influence > and subdue subduec1449 captivate?1531 psych1931 1931 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Rev. 2 Mar. 2/6 ‘But I've the unhappiest feeling,’ she persisted. ‘Psych yourself out of it,’ he counseled. 1957 Venture Sci. Fiction Jan. 18/2 A growing moodiness had driven her..to get out alone... She couldn't understand the pull she felt... Ever since those moments in the Monster's cage... Damn the Monster! Had the thing psyched her? 1961 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 8 Nov. 11. 16/3 ‘We didn't think we could beat Maine with an orthodox offense,’ Hatch said. ‘We hoped this way to provoke some defensive miscues and also to “psych” our own kids into believing they had something extra going for them.’ 1966 Time 29 Apr. 35 Having discovered psychology, the cops induce ‘truth’ by psyching the subject. 1977 I. Shaw Beggarman, Thief iii. viii. 313 I had no business being at the net. I was trying to psyche you into missing the shot. 1990 W. Wasserstein Bachelor Girls 197 I haven't actually counted the awards, but I'm sure that if I did I could psych myself into some new form of anxiety over them. 1992 Guardian 16 Apr. 27/7 The biggest thrill [for a lawyer] was trying to psyche out the jury. Ultimately it doesn't really matter what the facts are. It's what you can make the jury believe. b. transitive. To gain a psychological advantage over; to intimidate, demoralize. Usually with out. Cf. psyched adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] awec1225 bashc1375 palla1393 argh1393 formengea1400 matea1400 boasta1522 quail1526 brag1551 appale1563 browbeat1581 adaw1590 overdare1590 dastard1593 strike1598 disdare1612 cowa1616 dare1619 daw1631 bounce1640 dastardize1645 intimidate1646 hector1664 out-hector1672 huff1674 bully1685 harass1788 bullyraga1790 major1829 haze1851 bullock1875 to push (someone) around1900 to put the frighteners in, on1958 psych1963 vibe1979 1963 Amer. Speech 38 205 Get psyched out, v. phr., slang term applied to losing one's nerve while skiing downhill. 1971 E. Bullins in W. King Black Short Story Anthol. (1972) 63 Dandy thought that the way she managed things and worked the love and affection from people was like a pimp who psychs out his whores. 1976 J. Quarry in 6,000 Words 165 Pressure doesn't psych me. 1977 I. Shaw Beggarman, Thief iii. ix. 318 I could see something was psyching him out and it worried me. 1989 Indian Bookworm's Jrnl. Spring 16/1 The crowd in ugly mood, surges against the frail police line...They're all staring at you, trying to psyche you out. 2001 E. Colfer Artemis Fowl v. 99 You're absolutely right. I have no clue what's going on. So there's no future in trying to psych me out. c. transitive. To prepare (oneself or another) mentally for a particular experience, ordeal, etc.; spec. to excite or stimulate; to make enthusiastic. Frequently with up. Also intransitive. Cf. psyched adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person > mentally preparec1520 psych1968 1968 New Yorker 10 Aug. 78 He's never tried to psych us, or insult us with a pep talk. 1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon xiii. 318 He always likes to get you psyched up for tragedy. 1972 Washington Post 16 Mar. d6 (headline) Thompson ‘psychs up’ for K. of C. tournament. 1973 Mass. Daily Collegian 26 Apr. 8/1 The states get psyched... New England..has begun to get just a little excited about the upcoming bicentennial of the American Revolution. 1974 H. L. Foster Ribbin', Jivin', & Playin' Dozens vi. 252 The teacher psychs himself—that is, puts himself in a certain frame of mind so that he can deal with the realities of his teaching assignment. 1978 Telegraph (Brisbane) 28 Sept. 23/4 For months we had been psyching ourselves up for this very rare entertainment delight. 1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 6 d/1 It's hard for our kids to get psyched up for a dual meet, especially this early in the season. 1994 I. Botham My Autobiogr. vi. 118 I firmly believed in simply psyching one another up over a beer or two. 2000 C. Crowe Almost Famous (film script) (O.E.D. Archive) 27 (stage direct.) It's their band ritual, psyching together, arms on each other's shoulders in a circle. 2. intransitive. U.S. colloquial. To break down mentally; to become confused or deranged. With out. temporary. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [verb (intransitive)] > break down psych1970 1970 Atlantic Feb. 84 I psyched out. I'll be damned if I know how. 1972 R. Bloch Night-world (1974) xiv. 90 It had been a real rip-off, and at first Tony had psyched out on the whole scene. 1973 To our Returned Prisoners of War (U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public Affairs) 8 Psych out,..to become confused or disturbed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). psychv.³ Brit. /sʌɪk/, U.S. /saɪk/ Forms: 1900s– psych, 1900s– psyche. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: psychic adj. Etymology: < psych- (in psychic adj.: see sense 5 at that entry). Compare psychic n. 3. Bridge. 1. intransitive. To make a psychic bid. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > play bridge [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics > bid > types of bid overbid1887 double1894 redouble1894 to go back1900 pre-empt1913 rebid1914 S.O.S.1926 overcall1927 cue-bid1932 psych1932 to sign off1932 reverse1939 sacrifice1952 to pass out1959 stop1959 underbid1974 under-call- 1932 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 7 Jan. 3 m/7 (heading) ‘Psyching’ to lose. 1945 ‘S. J. Simon’ Why you lose at Bridge 97 Nobody can compel you to psyche. But you can't stop anybody psyching against you. 1969 A. Truscott Great Bridge Scandal 271 He had no technical reason to suppose that his partner had psyched. 1977 Detroit Free Press 11 Dec. 22–c/1 The psychic bid was invented by Dorothy Rice Sims in the early 1930s. It soon became the vogue to ‘psyche’, usually with hit and miss results. 2004 J. Pottage & P. Burrows Art of Psychic Bidding i. 23 They rarely psyched and one senses that they regarded those who did with disdain. 2. transitive. To make a psychic bid of; (also) to deceive (one's opponents) with a psychic bid. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics > bid > types of bid double1894 redouble1894 respond1901 overbid1908 underbid1908 to take out of ——1909 rebid1914 rescue1921 jump1927 overcall1927 pre-empt1928 cue-bid1932 psych1937 1937 Washington Post 4 Dec. 11/2 One East player ‘psyched’ a club after the bid was passed around to him. 1937 Nebraska State Jrnl. 28 Dec. 5/4 Those readers who were impressed by North's bidding..would find themselves ‘psyched to pieces’ in a big league game. 1945 ‘S. J. Simon’ Why you lose at Bridge 109 It will take the strong team a long time to realise that you have had the impertinence to try and psyche them. 1977 Bridge Mag. Aug. 86/2 Both Souths psyched a one spade response and both Wests exposed the psyche with almost contemptuous ease. 2005 N.Y. Times 4 June b19 East..found an incredible moment to psych three diamonds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1895n.²1946n.³1965v.¹1917v.²1931v.³1932
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