hype 1  (h īp) Slang
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n.1. Excessive publicity and the ensuing commotion: the hype surrounding the murder trial. 2. Exaggerated or extravagant claims made especially in advertising or promotional material: "It is pure hype, a gigantic PR job" (Saturday Review). 3. An advertising or promotional ploy: "Some restaurant owners in town are cooking up a $75,000 hype to promote New York as 'Restaurant City, U.S.A.'" (New York). 4. Something deliberately misleading; a deception: "[He] says that there isn't any energy crisis at all, that it's all a hype, to maintain outrageous profits for the oil companies" (Joel Oppenheimer). tr.v. hyped, hyp·ing, hypes To publicize or promote, especially by extravagant, inflated, or misleading claims: hyped the new book by sending its author on a promotional tour.
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hype 2  (h īp) Slang
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n.1. A hypodermic injection, syringe, or needle. 2. A drug addict. tr.v. hyped, hyp·ing, hypes To stimulate or excite. Often used with up: All that coffee really hyped me up. The kids were hyped up even before the party began.
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