Associations to the word «Hype»

Wiktionary

HYPE, noun. Promotion or propaganda; especially, exaggerated claims.
HYPE, verb. (transitive) To promote heavily; to advertise or build up.
HYPE, noun. Alternative form of hipe (wrestling move)
HYPE, verb. Alternative form of hipe (wrestling move)
HYPE MAN, noun. A hip-hop performer responsible for backup rapping and singing and increasing an audience’s excitement with call-and-response chants.
HYPE MEN, noun. Plural of hype man

Dictionary definition

HYPE, noun. Blatant or sensational promotion.
HYPE, verb. Publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats