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Sike

A small stream or rill, typically one that flows through marshy ground and is often dry in summer.

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 "heightened observational skills" and impressive eidetic memory allow him to convince people that he solves cases with psychic abilities.

Sike

A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer.

Psych

Mentally prepare (someone) for a testing task or occasion
We had to psych ourselves up for the race

Sike

A sigh.
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Psych

Analyse (something) in psychological terms
Mother had it all psyched out in three minutes

Sike

To sigh or sob.

Psych

Make a psychic bid.

Sike

(slang) psych

Psych

Short for psychiatrist or psychologist
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Sike

A gutter; a stream, such as is usually dry in summer.

Psych

A psychic bid.

Sike

A sick person.

Psych

Short for psychiatric
A psych course
The psych ward

Sike

A sigh.

Psych

Short for psychedelic
A rare old psych album

Sike

To sigh.
That for his wife weepeth and siketh sore.

Psych

To put into the right psychological frame of mind
The coach psyched the team before the game.

Psych

To excite emotionally
The children were psyched to see the circus.

Psych

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).

Psych

To analyze, solve, or comprehend.

Psych

To anticipate or guess the intentions of
"Most others could never approach [his] ability ... to psyche out the opposition's thinking so consistently" (Steven Brill).

Psych

(Informal) To analyze and treat by psychoanalysis.

Psych

To become confused or mentally deranged.

Psych

Psychology.

Psych

Psychology or psychiatry.
A psych class

Psych

A psychologist; a psychiatrist.

Psych

(informal) Psychedelic.
Curtains with psych colors

Psych

(informal) Psychiatric.

Psych

To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind (also psych up).
Hip hop always gets my psyched, so I put it on before a race.

Psych

(transitive) To intimidate (someone) emotionally or using psychology (also psych out).

Psych

To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.

Psych

(slang) Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled one's interlocutor.
Here, have fifty dollars. Psych! That was two dollars!

Psych

An interjection of surprised happiness.
Psych! I just found my missing bracelet!

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