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Definitions for Hype

[1] to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up ): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.
[2] to create interest in by flamboyant or dramatic methods; promote or publicize showily: a promoter who knows how to hype a prizefight.
[3] to intensify (advertising, promotion, or publicity) by ingenious or questionable claims, methods, etc. (usually followed by up ).
[4] to trick; gull.
[5] exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
[6] an ingenious or questionable claim, method, etc., used in advertising, promotion, or publicity to intensify the effect.
[7] a swindle, deception, or trick.
[8] a hypodermic needle.
[9] a drug addict, especially one who uses a hypodermic needle.
[10] a hypodermic needle or injection
[11] (intr usually foll by up ) to inject oneself with a drug
[12] (tr) to stimulate artificially or excite
[13] a deception or racket
[14] intensive or exaggerated publicity or sales promotion media hype
[15] the person or thing so publicized
[16] to market or promote (a product) using exaggerated or intensive publicity
[17] to falsify or rig (something)
[18] (in the pop-music business) to buy (copies of a particular record) in such quantity as to increase its ratings in the charts

Words related to Hype

buildup, promotion, advertising, plugging

Words nearby Hype

hypamnios, hypanakinesis, hypanthium, hypaspist, hypatia, hype, hyped up, hyped-up, hyper, hyper-, hyperaccumulator

Origin of Hype

2shortening of hypodermic; cf. hypo1

Word origin for Hype

C20: of unknown origin

Synonyms for Hype

advertising, buildup, plugging, promotion