psych
النفسى
definition
verb
we had to psych ourselves up for the race
mentally prepare (someone) for a testing task or occasion.
I don't think it is any more unsportsmanlike to psych against a pair that may not be able to field it than it is to bid an aggressive contract that might require some help from the defense.
make a psychic bid.
noun
So if someone psyches against you, don't get annoyed, it is just part of bridge: perhaps you might try a psyche yourself next time you play against them!
a psychic bid.
abbreviation
psychological.
example
Harking back to college 'psych' textbooks, you know he is nothing if not a case study in passive aggression.
a 'psych' course
Soon I was back on the 'psych' ward, and I was scared.
So, under the assumption that he's a nice guy, I'm willing to forgive Smith's under-interview transgressions and just take his album for what it is: a pretty neat modern 'psych' album.
Being confined does weird things to your sense of self, taking away your freedom makes you afraid of it, afraid of wide open spaces when what you've known for five weeks are the hallway, OT room, and sitting area of the 'psych' ward.
It's essentially electronic music with a strong influence from a whole range of other styles, everything from hip-hop to country to 'psych' rock to free jazz - and it's all instrumental.
90's poppy/experimental / 'psych' dreamers The Olivia Tremor Control played a couple shows here in NY last week, which I was eagerly awaiting for months.
a rare old 'psych' album
The med/psych and the law / 'psych' degrees are two completely different courses which are available.
a rare old 'psych' album
I forget myself when I am in there and forget that he is a patient in a 'psych' ward.
They know exactly when to unleash the bombastic, fuzzy electric guitar to propel a sunny-day strummer to 'psych' rock heaven.
After you're released from this room, the nurse said you'll have to go back to the 'psych' ward.
we had to 'psych' ourselves up for the race
And the 'psych' said the screaming was probably from the trauma of being shot.
In sports 'psych' lingo, this is referred to as ‘facilitation versus debilitation.’
During the interview after doing a brief 10 min test the 'psych' said I would have difficulty in dealing with the course.
She was only one of the six other girls in that 'psych' class.
we had to 'psych' ourselves up for the race
I don't think it is any more unsportsmanlike to 'psych' against a pair that may not be able to field it than it is to bid an aggressive contract that might require some help from the defense.
Also, he fainted a couple of days ago, and the 'psych' said he thought it was hypotension but was going to keep him longer to see.
Amidst the blackout chaos, low attendance and some devious local politicking working against them, organizers of the Wilderbeat mod/garage / 'psych' festival definitely learned about bad luck the hard way.
As he tells it in Nervous System, things spiralled out of control and eventually, after a suicide attempt, Jensen found himself in a 'psych' ward, as much absorbed in his delusions as the new life unfolding around him.
I bet if someone polled students finishing their 3rd year 'psych' clerkships, they'd find we're a lot more comfortable recommending Zyprexa or Remeron than before.
Stanford reached 4S after the auction began p-p-p-1S; Berkeley reached the same spot but only after Altus had been allowed to 'psych' a 1D opening with the east cards, a point which may have had some influence on the play.
the 'psych' ward
It was as though the dragon was attempting to 'psyche' his foes out before the confrontation even started in the heat of the desert.
The Dublin team was clearly 'psyched' up in preparation for the early exchanges and a Paul Gibbons miscalculation presented them with a scoring opportunity that was smothered by Gavin Dowling.
I'd 'psyched' myself up mentally to face Branco and what I would have to do.
Whilst 'psyches' are a legal and legitimate part of the game of bridge, and as such, are permissible within BCL, the guidelines of the WBF state that "the laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge 1997 permit a player to make a psychic call provided that such calls are not based on a partnership understanding."
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