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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hype1 /haɪp/USA pronunciation v., hyped, hyp•ing, [Informal.]v. [~ + object] - Informal Termsto stimulate;
excite:The kids were all hyped about going to Disneyland. - Informal Termsto create interest in or publicize in a showy way;
tout:The car was hyped as America's answer to foreign imports.
n. [uncountable] - Informal Termsexaggerated publicity, advertising, or promotion:a lot of sales hype.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hype1 (hīp),USA pronunciation v., hyped, hyp•ing, n. [Informal.]v.t. - Informal Termsto stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually fol. by up):She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.
- Informal Termsto create interest in by flamboyant or dramatic methods;
promote or publicize showily:a promoter who knows how to hype a prizefight. - Informal Termsto intensify (advertising, promotion, or publicity) by ingenious or questionable claims, methods, etc. (usually fol. by up).
- Informal Termsto trick;
gull.
n. - Informal Termsexaggerated publicity;
hoopla. - Informal Termsan ingenious or questionable claim, method, etc., used in advertising, promotion, or publicity to intensify the effect.
- Informal Termsa swindle, deception, or trick.
- 1925–30, American; in sense "to trick, swindle,'' of uncertain origin, originally; subsequent senses perh. by reanalysis as a shortening of hyperbole
- Medicine, Slang Termsa hypodermic needle.
- Slang Termsa drug addict, esp. one who uses a hypodermic needle.
- compare hypo1 shortening of hypodermic
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hype /haɪp/ slang n - a hypodermic needle or injection
vb - (intransitive) usually followed by up: to inject oneself with a drug
- (transitive) to stimulate artificially or excite
Etymology: 20th Century: shortened from hypodermic hype /haɪp/ n - a deception or racket
- intensive or exaggerated publicity or sales promotion
vb (transitive)- to market or promote (a product) using exaggerated or intensive publicity
Etymology: 20th Century: of unknown origin |