psych
verb (used with object)
to make happily excited or full of eager anticipation.
was psyching
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past progressiveof psych.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I think he was psyching people out that the film was going to be rated PG-13?
From Forbes ● Apr. 2, 2015
While my teammates were catching their breath, I was psyching myself up.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
But in truth, he was psyching himself up for what he had planned for that evening, convincing himself it was the right thing to do.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
While she was psyching herself up to immobilize her ankle, she noticed some faded words on one of the wooden crates: hermes express.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
