English Explanatory Dictionary

psych out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To outsmart.
  2. To unnerve.
noun
  1. The act of unnerving somebody.

Word forms

psych out psychs out psyching out psyched out psych outs

Etymology

Recorded since 1934 (in sense of "outsmart"); from psych (short for psychology) + out.

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