Definitions for hypes

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hypes hype

Spelling: [hahyp]

IPA: /haɪp/

Hypes is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 45 anagrams from letters in hypes (ehpsy).

Definitions for hypes

noun

1. exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
2. an ingenious or questionable claim, method, etc., used in advertising, promotion, or publicity to intensify the effect.
3. a swindle, deception, or trick.
4. a hypodermic needle.
5. a drug addict, especially one who uses a hypodermic needle.

verb (used with object)

1. to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up):
2. to create interest in by flamboyant or dramatic methods; promote or publicize showily:
3. to intensify (advertising, promotion, or publicity) by ingenious or questionable claims, methods, etc. (usually followed by up).
4. to trick; gull.

Origin of hypes

1925-30, Americanism; in sense “to trick, swindle,” of uncertain origin; subsequent senses perhaps by reanalysis as a shortening of hyperbole

Examples for hypes

But let us hype they distributed some of their superfluous coin among these hapless exiles to purchase food and a night's lodging.

To bear the victor's hard commands, or bring The weight of waters from hype'ria's spring.

For OK Go the music video is medium for personal creativity, hype, and branding.

His stories about his tenure in Washington hype his success in fixing housing problems in “inner cities.”

And you go on this boat because of all the hype and the commotion around it, and the boat is sinking.

He could buttock cleanly, hype quickly, and excelled in most other chips.

But as the hype surrounding the movie heightens, many are curious about the writer behind the story.

I saw images of the ship riding along beside me, out there in the hype.

What should be held true – the hype or the dismal statistics?

In short, my $18-plus-cost-of-replacement-filters Brita water system may not live up to the hype.