hype

English

Pronunciation

• X-SAMPA: /haIp/
• Rhymes: -aɪp

Etymology

From hyperbole.

Noun

hype (plural hypes)

1. Promotion or propaganda; especially, exaggerated claims.

   After all the hype for the diet plan, only the results ended up slim.

Translations

promotion

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大肆宣传 (cmn)

• Finnish: mainonta, ylimainonta, hypetys

• Swedish: hajp (sv) or hype c

Verb

hype (third-person singular simple present hypes, present participle hyping, simple past and past participle hyped)

1. (transitive) To promote heavily; to advertise or build up.

   They started hyping the new magazine months before its release.

Translations

to promote

• Dutch: promoten (nl)
• Finnish: hypettää (fi), ylimainostaa (fi)

• Swedish: hajpa (sv)