Translations

6 languages
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psychotic or otherwise insane person:
Deutsch
psychotic or otherwise insane person:
person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner:

Examples

15 sentences

  1. Tom is a psycho.

    Том — психопат. — deniko

    deTom hat einen Dachschaden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. You're a psycho.

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  3. Sami was murdered by a psycho.

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Meaning

3 senses

  1. (informal, uncountable)A class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught.

    I've got anthro, socio, lunch, and psycho.

  2. (derogatory, slang)A person who is psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.

    The loony bin up on the hill is full of psychos.

    Psycho, Psychopath

    психpsix

  3. (broadly, derogatory, slang)A person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner.

    She complained that he was a psycho for driving at such a high speed in heavy traffic.

    Verrückte

    психpsix

More definitions
  • a person afflicted with psychosis

Origin

Clipping of psychotic or psychopath + -o (“person with characteristic”). Compare sicko. C

Clipping of psychotic or psychopath + -o (“person with characteristic”). Compare sicko.

Clipping of psychology.

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Forms

plural: psychos

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person afflicted with psychosis:psychoticpsychotic person

Word family

1 related words
Derivedpsychobilly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
psychiatristC1psychiatrypsychicpsychoactivepsychoanalysispsychoanalyst

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