psych

see definition of psych

as inpsychology

as inmindset
as inincite
as instir
as introuble
as inupset
as inboast
as inagitate
as influster
as inforetell

Word Origin & History

as a noun, short for psychology in various senses (e.g. as an academic study, in student slang by 1895). As a verb, first attested 1917 as "to subject to psychoanalysis," short for psychoanalyze. From 1934 as "to outsmart" (also psych out); from 1963 as "to unnerve." However to psych (oneself) up is from 1972; to be psyched up is attested from 1968.