hype up

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Definitions of hype up words

verb with object hype up to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car. 1
verb with object hype up to create interest in by flamboyant or dramatic methods; promote or publicize showily: a promoter who knows how to hype a prizefight. 1
verb with object hype up to intensify (advertising, promotion, or publicity) by ingenious or questionable claims, methods, etc. (usually followed by up). 1
verb with object hype up to trick; gull. 1
noun hype up exaggerated publicity; hoopla. 1
noun hype up an ingenious or questionable claim, method, etc., used in advertising, promotion, or publicity to intensify the effect. 1

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

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

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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