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Definition 2025
hype
hype
English
Noun
hype (usually uncountable, plural hypes)
- Promotion or propaganda; especially, exaggerated claims.
- After all the hype for the diet plan, only the results ended up slim.
Translations
promotion
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
Translations
to promote
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Etymology 2
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)
Adjective
hype (comparative more hype, superlative most hype)
- Informal form of hyped.