HYPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hype mean? 

• HYPE (noun)
  The noun HYPE has 1 sense:

1. blatant or sensational promotion

  Familiarity information: HYPE used as a noun is very rare.

• HYPE (verb)
  The verb HYPE has 1 sense:

1. publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner

  Familiarity information: HYPE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blatant or sensational promotion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

ballyhoo; hoopla; hype; plug

Hypernyms ("hype" is a kind of...):

packaging; promo; promotion; promotional material; publicity (a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution)

• HYPE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they hype    ... he / she / it hypes   
Past simple: hyped   
Past participle: hyped   
-ing form: hyping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "hype" is one way to...):

air; bare; publicise; publicize (make public)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something