hype

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[[t]haɪp[/t]]

v. hyped, hyp•ing, n. Informal.

1) cvb inf to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usu. fol. by up)

2) cvb inf to create interest in by flamboyant or dramatic methods; promote or publicize showily

3) cvb inf to intensify or increase, often by questionable methods:

extra features added to cars to hype profits[/ex]

4) cvb inf to trick; gull

5) cvb inf intensive or exaggerated publicity or promotion

6) cvb inf a flamboyant or questionable claim, method, etc., used in advertising or publicity

7) cvb inf a swindle, deception, or trick

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Etymology: 1925–30, amer.; in sense “to trick, swindle,” of uncert. orig.; subsequent senses perh. by reanalysis as a shortening of hyperbole hyp′er, n. II

hype

[[t]haɪp[/t]] n. Slang.

1) cvb med sts a hypodermic needle

2) cvb sts a drug addict

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Etymology: 1920–25; shortening of hypodermic; cf. hypo I