hype
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
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
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Translations[edit]
promotion
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Verb[edit]
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.
- 2023 August 23, Ben Jones, “A Fast Charge to DMUs' demise?”, in RAIL, number 990, page 30:
- Hydrogen fuel cells are hugely hyped but have yet to prove themselves in the real world beyond a few limited trials or small fleets on the European mainland.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Translations[edit]
to promote
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
hype (comparative more hype, superlative most hype)
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
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.
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 4[edit]
Noun[edit]
hype (plural hypes)
- Alternative form of hipe (“wrestling move”)
Verb[edit]
hype (third-person singular simple present hypes, present participle hyping, simple past and past participle hyped)
- Alternative form of hipe (“wrestling move”)
Further reading[edit]
- hype (marketing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Jonathon Green (2024) “hype n.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
- Jonathon Green (2024) “hype n.2”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
- Jonathon Green (2024) “hype v.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
- Jonathon Green (2024) “hype adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hype c (plural hypes, diminutive hypeje n)
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈhype/, [ˈhype̞]
- IPA(key): /ˈhɑi̯p/, [ˈhɑ̝i̯p] (vowel harmony 'a')
- IPA(key): /ˈhɑi̯pːi/, [ˈhɑ̝i̯pːi] (vowel harmony 'a')
- Rhymes: -ype
- Syllabification(key): hy‧pe
Noun[edit]
hype
- (colloquial or jargon) hype
Declension[edit]
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 | ||
abessive | hypettä | hypeittä | ||
instructive | — | hypein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “hype”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *hupi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hype m
Declension[edit]
Declension of hype (strong i-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Polish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- hajp (adapted)
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English hype.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hype m inan
- (slang, marketing) hype [+ na (accusative) = for what] [+ wokół (genitive) = around/surrounding what]
- Coordinate term: moda
Declension[edit]
Declension of hype
Derived terms[edit]
verb
- hype'ować impf
Related terms[edit]
adjective
noun
Further reading[edit]
- hype in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English hype.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hype m or f (plural hypes)
- (colloquial) hype (exaggerated excitement or enthusiasm around something)
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