psyching
/ˈsaɪkɪŋ/
verb
- To mentally prepare oneself or someone else for a challenge or difficult situation.
- I need to psyche myself up to give this presentation.
- The coach was psyching the team up with an inspiring speech before the game.
- She spent the morning psyching herself up for the big race.
- To intimidate or unsettle someone psychologically, often to gain an advantage.
- The chess player tried to psyche out his opponent by staring intensely.
- Don't let their trash talk psyche you out before the match.
- He was psyching the other runners by pretending to be injured.
- To understand or figure out someone or something through intuition or analysis.
- It took me a while to psyche out how the new software works.
- She can always psyche out what her little brother is thinking.
- I finally psyched out the answer to the riddle.
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