hype
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haɪp/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪp
Etymology 1
Clipping of hyperbole.
Noun
hype (usually uncountable, plural hypes)
- (marketing) Promotion or propaganda; especially exaggerated claims.
- After all the hype for the diet plan, only the results ended up slim.
- 1988, “Don't Believe the Hype”, in It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, performed by Public Enemy:
- Don't believe the hype, it's a sequel / As an equal can I get this through to you
Translations
promotion
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Verb
hype (third-person singular simple present hypes, present participle hyping, simple past and past participle hyped)
- (transitive) To promote heavily; to advertise or build up.
- They started hyping the new magazine months before its release.
Derived terms
- hype man
- hype up
- hypester
Translations
to promote
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Adjective
hype (comparative more hype, superlative most hype)
- (informal) Hyped (“excited”).
- (slang) Excellent, cool.
Noun
hype (plural hypes)
- (slang) Short for hypodermic needle.
- hype kit
- (metonymically, slang, dated) A drug addict.
- 2001, James Ellroy, The Cold Six Thousand, New York: Knopf, →ISBN, page 90:
- The Mob enforced the No-“H” Law. They tortured pushers. They killed them. Local hypes copped in L.A. Local hypes rode the Heroin Highway.
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Alternative forms
- hyp
Noun
hype (plural hypes)
- Alternative form of hipe (“wrestling move”)
Verb
hype (third-person singular simple present hypes, present participle hyping, simple past and past participle hyped)
- Alternative form of hipe (“wrestling move”)
Further reading
hype (marketing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Jonathon Green (2023), “hype n.1”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
- Jonathon Green (2023), “hype n.2”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
- Jonathon Green (2023), “hype v.1”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
- Jonathon Green (2023), “hype adj.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
Finnish
Etymology
From English hype.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhype/, [ˈhype̞]
- IPA(key): /ˈhɑi̯p/, [ˈhɑi̯p] (vowel harmony 'a')
- IPA(key): /ˈhɑi̯pːi/, [ˈhɑi̯pːi] (vowel harmony 'a')
- Rhymes: -ype
- Syllabification(key): hy‧pe
Noun
hype
- (colloquial or jargon) hype
Declension
Inflection of hype (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | hype | hypet | |
genitive | hypen | hypejen | |
partitive | hypeä | hypejä | |
illative | hypeen | hypeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | hype | hypet | |
accusative | nom. | hype | hypet |
gen. | hypen | ||
genitive | hypen | hypejen hypeinrare | |
partitive | hypeä | hypejä | |
inessive | hypessä | hypeissä | |
elative | hypestä | hypeistä | |
illative | hypeen | hypeihin | |
adessive | hypellä | hypeillä | |
ablative | hypeltä | hypeiltä | |
allative | hypelle | hypeille | |
essive | hypenä | hypeinä | |
translative | hypeksi | hypeiksi | |
instructive | — | hypein | |
abessive | hypettä | hypeittä | |
comitative | — | hypeineen |
Possessive forms of hype (type nalle) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | hypeni | hypemme |
2nd person | hypesi | hypenne |
3rd person | hypensä |
Derived terms
- hypettää
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hupi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxy.pe/, [ˈhy.pe]
Noun
hype m
- hip
Declension
Declension of hype (strong i-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | hype | hypas |
accusative | hype | hypas |
genitive | hypes | hypa |
dative | hype | hypum |
Derived terms
- hypebān
- hypeseax
- hypewærċ
Descendants
- Middle English: hippe, hip
- English: hip
- Scots: hip