Usually means: Intimidate or unnerve someone mentally.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word psych out:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. psych out: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. psych-out: Merriam-Webster
  3. psych-out: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. psych out: Collins English Dictionary
  5. psych out: Wiktionary
  6. psych-out: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. psych-out, psych out: Dictionary.com
  8. Psych-Out, Psych Out (NCIS): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. psych-out, psych out: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. psych out: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. psych out: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (psych out)

verb:  (transitive, informal) To outsmart.
verb:  (transitive, informal) To unnerve.
noun:  (informal) The act of unnerving somebody.

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