hyp

See also: HYP, hyp., and нур

English

hyp (countable and uncountable, plural hyps)

Hypochondria.
- 1731, [Jonathan Swift], “Cassinus and Peter. A Tragical Elegy.”, in A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed. […], Dublin; London: […] [William Bowyer] for J. Roberts […], published 1734, OCLC 1102705083, page 27:
  Heaven ſend thou haſt not got the Hypps. / How? Not a Word come from thy lips?
- 1922, Francis Lynde, Pirates’ Hope, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 33:
  Guess I've got a bad case of the hyps.
(entertainment, informal)
1. Hypnotism.
  A hyp act is scheduled after the acrobats.
  - 1759 December 5 (Gregorian calendar)⁮, [Oliver] Goldsmith, “On Deceit and Falshood”, in The Bee, a Select Collection of Essays, on the Most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects, […], number VIII, new edition, London: […] W[illiam] Lane, […], published c. 1790, OCLC 23028200, page 230:
    [W]hen a dream or the hyp has given us falſe terrors, or imaginary pains, we immediately conclude, that the infernal tyrant owes us a ſpite, and inflicts his wrath and ſtripes upon us, by the hands of ſome of his ſworn ſervants amongſt us.
2. A hypnotist.
  The hyp is booked through the end of the month.
(mathematics) A hypotenuse.
(slang) Alternative form of hype (“hypodermic [needle]”)
- 1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 13:
  Itinerant short con and carny hyp men have burned down the croakers of Texas. . . .

hyp (third-person singular simple present hyps, present participle hypping, simple past and past participle hypped)

A variant of hip.

hyp (first-person singular past tense hypa, participle hypur)