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hype

1

[ hahyp ]

verb (used with object)

hyped, hyping.
  1. to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up ):

    She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.

  2. to create interest in by flamboyant or dramatic methods; promote or publicize showily:

    a promoter who knows how to hype a prizefight.

  3. to intensify (advertising, promotion, or publicity) by ingenious or questionable claims, methods, etc. (usually followed by up ).
  4. to trick; gull.


noun

  1. exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
  2. an ingenious or questionable claim, method, etc., used in advertising, promotion, or publicity to intensify the effect.
  3. a swindle, deception, or trick.

hype

2

[ hahyp ]

noun

Slang.
  1. Disparaging and Offensive. a person who is addicted to a drug, especially one who uses a hypodermic needle.

hype

1

/ ³ó²¹Éª±è /

noun

  1. a hypodermic needle or injection
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intrusually foll byup to inject oneself with a drug
  2. tr to stimulate artificially or excite
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

hype

2

/ ³ó²¹Éª±è /

noun

  1. a deception or racket
  2. intensive or exaggerated publicity or sales promotion

    media hype

  3. the person or thing so publicized
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to market or promote (a product) using exaggerated or intensive publicity
  2. to falsify or rig (something)
  3. (in the pop-music business) to buy (copies of a particular record) in such quantity as to increase its ratings in the charts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³ó²â±è±ð°ù, noun
  • ˈ³ó²â±è¾±²Ô²µ, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hype1

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30, in sense “to trick, swindle,†of uncertain origin; subsequent senses perhaps by reanalysis as a shortening of hyperbole

Origin of hype2

First recorded in 1920–25; shortening of hypodermic; hypo 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hype1

C20: shortened from hypodermic

Origin of hype2

C20: of unknown origin
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Democratic primaries are heating up with progressive candidates generating early hype and centrist candidates who lost their 2024 bids announcing new campaigns in the hopes that conditions in 2026 can deliver them a win.

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For all the hype about being there for fans and reflecting L.A. at all times, the Dodgers have historically cared only about one thing: the Dodgers.

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Those career hiccups appeared to be on the top of Wallen's mind on Saturday, when he dropped by the show to hype his upcoming album, "I'm The Problem."

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Rated one of the best pitchers and hitters in Orange County, Kennedy has the numbers to back the hype.

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Their nicknames upped the hype and made them impossible to ignore.

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