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Hype
see synonyms of hypeNoun
Verb
2. hype
publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner
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Hype
see synonyms of hypenoun
1.
a hypodermic needle or injection
verb
2. (intransitive; usually foll by up)
to inject oneself with a drug
3. (transitive)
to stimulate artificially or excite
noun
1.
a deception or racket
2.
intensive or exaggerated publicity or sales promotion
media hype
3.
the person or thing so publicized
verb (transitive)
4.
to market or promote (a product) using exaggerated or intensive publicity
5.
to falsify or rig (something)
6.
(in the pop-music business) to buy (copies of a particular record) in such quantity as to increase its ratings in the charts
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Hype
see synonyms of hype noun
1.
deception or fraud
2.
extravagant or excessive promotion
verb transitiveWord forms: hyped or ˈhyping
3.
to deceive or con
4.
to promote in a sensational way
noun Slang
1.
hypodermic
2.
a drug addict
verb transitiveWord forms: hyped or ˈhyping Slang
3.
to stimulate or enliven by or as by the injection of a drug
usually in pp. with up a hyped-up fanatic
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Hype
see synonyms of hypen.
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.
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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