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hype

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noun/haɪp/
  1. 1

    Promotion or propaganda, especially exaggerated claims.uncountableusually

    • After all the hype for the diet plan, only the results ended up slim.
verb/haɪp/
  1. 1

    To promote or advertise heavily.transitive

    • They started hyping the new magazine months before its release.
adj/haɪp/
  1. 1

    Hyped; excited.informal

  2. 2

    Excellent, cool.slang

noun/haɪp/
  1. 1

    Clipping of hypodermic needle.abbreviationalt-ofclipping

    • hype kit
  2. 2

    A drug addict.datedmetonymicallyslang

    • 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.
noun/haɪp/
  1. 1

    Alternative form of hipe (“wrestling move”).alt-ofalternative

verb/haɪp/
  1. 1

    Alternative form of hipe (“wrestling move”).alt-ofalternative

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