verb (used with object)
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
5.
exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
6.
an ingenious or questionable claim, method, etc., used in advertising, promotion, or publicity to intensify the effect.
7.
a swindle, deception, or trick.
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Origin:
1925–30, Americanism; in sense “to trick, swindle,” of uncertain origin; subsequent senses perhaps by reanalysis as a shortening of hyperbole
1925–30, Americanism; in sense “to trick, swindle,” of uncertain origin; subsequent senses perhaps by reanalysis as a shortening of hyperbole
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hype1 (haɪp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a hypodermic needle or injection |
| —vb (usually foll by up) | |
| 2. | to inject oneself with a drug |
| 3. | (tr) to stimulate artificially or excite |
| [C20: shortened from | |
| hype2 (haɪp) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a deception or racket |
| 2. | intensive or exaggerated publicity or sales promotion: media hype |
| 3. | the person or thing so publicized |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to market or promote (a product) using exaggerated or intensive publicity |
| 5. | to falsify or rig (something) |
| 6. | (in the pop-music business) to buy (copies of a particular record) in such quantity as to increase its ratings in the charts |
| [C20: of unknown origin] | |
| 'hyper2 | |
| —n | |
| 'hyping2 | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
hype
"excessive or misleading publicity or advertising," 1967, Amer.Eng. (the verb is attested from 1937), probably in part a back-formation of hyperbole, but also from underworld slang sense "swindle by overcharging or short-changing" (1926), a back-formation of hyper "short-change con man" (1914), from
prefix hyper- meaning "over, to excess." Also possibly influenced by drug addicts' slang hype, 1913 shortening of hypodermic needle. In early 18c., hyp "morbid depression of the spirits" was colloquial for hypochondria (usually as the hyp or the hyps).
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Slang Dictionary
hype definition[hɑɪp]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Hype does not suddenly make the research higher quality.
The operators have been trying to justify this spectacular gamble with a torrent of hype.
And no one seemed interested in the latest hype about shoe design, or shoes as fashion.
Managers who believe the hype of a flat world do so at their own risk.
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