Usually means: Intense promotion exaggerating perceived value.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. hype: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. hype, hype: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hype, hype: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hype: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hype: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hype, hype: Wordnik
  7. hype: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hype: Wiktionary
  9. hype: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hype: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hype: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. hype: Dictionary.com
  13. hype (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. hype: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Hype (David Bowie band), Hype (TV series), Hype (album), Hype (song), Hype, Hype, The Hype (David Bowie band), The Hype (Twenty One Pilots song), The Hype (band), The Hype: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. hype: Rhymezone
  17. hype, hype (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. hype: Free Dictionary
  19. hype: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. hype: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Movie Terminology Glossary (No longer online)
  2. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. hype: Legal dictionary
  3. Hype: Radio Programming and Production

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. hype: Netlingo
  2. hype: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  3. hype: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. HYPE: Acronym Finder
  2. hype: Idioms

Slang (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. hype, hype, hype, hype, hype: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  3. Hype: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  4. Hype: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang
  5. The Hype: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See hyped as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (marketing) Promotion or propaganda; especially exaggerated claims.
verb:  (transitive) To promote heavily; to advertise or build up.
adjective:  (informal) Hyped; excited.
adjective:  (slang) Excellent, cool.
noun:  (metonymically, slang, dated) A drug addict.
noun:  (slang) Short for hypodermic needle. [A hollow needle with a sharp point intended to puncture the skin to draw a fluid from under the skin or inject a fluid under the skin, used as part of a hypodermic syringe.]
noun:  Alternative form of hipe (“wrestling move”) [(wrestling) A throw in which the wrestler lifts his opponent from the ground, swings him to one side, knocks up his nearer thigh from the back with the knee, and throws him on his back.]
verb:  Alternative form of hipe (“wrestling move”) [(wrestling, transitive, intransitive) To throw (an opponent) using this technique.]

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