Hype - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |haɪp|  American pronunciation of the word hype
Brit.  |haɪp|  British pronunciation of the word hype

noun

- blatant or sensational promotion (syn: ballyhoo, hoopla, plug)

verb

- publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner

Extra examples

Some experts are concerned that the new drug won't live up to all the hype.

Despite the media hype, I found the film very disappointing.

The director is just using the controversy to hype his movie.

...a couple of the tracks on the album feature some really hype vocals...

How's the movie? - It's hype, yo.

...there was no escaping the juggernaut of hype for the studio's biggest summer blockbuster...

...a real snorter of an action movie that lives up to all the hype...

Despite the hype, there was nothing in the book to astonish readers.

A great deal of media hype surrounded the release of the group's latest CD.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: hype
he/she/it: hypes
present participle: hyping
past tense: hyped
past participle: hyped
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