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hype
1[ hahyp ]
verb (used with object)
- to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up ):
She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.
- to create interest in by flamboyant or dramatic methods; promote or publicize showily:
a promoter who knows how to hype a prizefight.
- to intensify (advertising, promotion, or publicity) by ingenious or questionable claims, methods, etc. (usually followed by up ).
noun
- exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
- an ingenious or questionable claim, method, etc., used in advertising, promotion, or publicity to intensify the effect.
- a swindle, deception, or trick.
hype
2[ hahyp ]
noun
- Disparaging and Offensive. a person who is addicted to a drug, especially one who uses a hypodermic needle.
hype
1/ ɪ /
noun
- a hypodermic needle or injection
verb
- intrusually foll byup to inject oneself with a drug
- tr to stimulate artificially or excite
hype
2/ ɪ /
noun
- a deception or racket
- intensive or exaggerated publicity or sales promotion
media hype
- the person or thing so publicized
verb
- to market or promote (a product) using exaggerated or intensive publicity
- to falsify or rig (something)
- (in the pop-music business) to buy (copies of a particular record) in such quantity as to increase its ratings in the charts
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
- ˈ辱Բ, noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of hype1
Origin of hype2
Word History and Origins
Origin of hype1
Origin of hype2
Example Sentences
Even Fox News is struggling to find something to hype from Trump's first 100 days in office.
Despite all the hype, Salah is far from the first footballer to celebrate a goal with a selfie.
Overall, psychedelics are involved in hundreds of other clinical trials as a potential treatment for all sorts of mental health conditions, leading some to argue that they have been hyped as “wonder drugs.”
“And what I meant by that was, he didn’t have all the hype but he was a football junkie, he had a passion for the game.”
Whether where is any truth to all the noise, or if it's just smoke and mirrors and the usual pre-fight hype, remains to be seen.
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