Psych vs. Psycho
Psychnoun
Psychology or psychiatry.
Psychnoun
A psychologist; a psychiatrist.
Psychadjective
(informal) Psychedelic.
Psychadjective
(informal) Psychiatric.
Psychverb
To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind (also psych up).
Psychverb
(transitive) To intimidate (someone) emotionally or using psychology (also psych out).
Psychverb
To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.
Psychinterjection
(slang) Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled one's interlocutor. Also sike.
Psychinterjection
An interjection of surprised happiness. Psych! I just found my missing bracelet!
Psychverb
mentally prepare (someone) for a testing task or occasion
Psychverb
excited and full of anticipation
Psychverb
analyse (something) in psychological terms
Psychverb
subject (someone) to psychological investigation or psychotherapy
Psychverb
make a psychic bid.
Psychnoun
short for psychiatrist or psychologist
Psychnoun
short for psychiatry or psychology
Psychnoun
a psychic bid.
Psychadjective
short for psychiatric
Psychadjective
short for psychedelic
Psych
Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network with syndicated reruns on ION Television. The series stars James Roday Rodriguez as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose and impressive eidetic memory allow him to convince people that he solves cases with psychic abilities.
Psychoadjective
Psychotic, or otherwise insane.
Psychonoun
A person who is psychotic or otherwise insane.
Psychonoun
A person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner.
Psychonoun
(informal) A class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught.
Psychonoun
a person afflicted with psychosis
Psychonoun
a psychopath.
Psychoadjective
psychopathic.
