HYPE UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hype up mean? 

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

1. get excited or stimulated

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPE UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get excited or stimulated

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

hype up; psych up

Context example:

The children were all psyched up after the movie

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

agitate; charge; charge up; commove; excite; rouse; turn on (cause to be agitated, excited, or roused)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

The bad news will hype up him
The good news will hype up her