psych

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  1. transitive verb To put into the right psychological frame of mind: The coach psyched the team before the game.
  2. transitive verb To excite emotionally: The children were psyched to see the circus.
  3. transitive verb To undermine the confidence of by psychological means; intimidate: "Depending on whose personality is stronger, one can more easily psych the other” (Harold C. Schonberg).
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  • None of them could make anyone pregnant and Lynette couldn't get pregnant, so it was all safe enough, whatever they did; but they had that kind of psych-set that made them go off sex the moment they were set on duty. —  Port Eternity
  • The song is simultaneously loose and focused, with a sunny kwaito chorus gushing ferociously from its psych-goth verse. —  Dallas Observer | Complete Issue
  • I like psych, but for some reason Burn Notice is my new favorite show. —  Ace of Spades HQ
  • Alpinisms goes with all sorts of other bands, which is borne out by the somewhat incongruous pairing of the Brooklyn trio with Pittsburgh psych-noise-freakout specialists —  East Village Radio
  • Big Fresh, a psych-pop outfit from Schneider's adopted hometown of Lexington, —  East Village Radio
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