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hyp

/ˈhɪp/

hyp noun: hypochondria. Also the alternative form of hype.

Noun

hyp (countable and uncountable, plural hyps)

  1. Hypochondria.
    • Heaven ſend thou haſt not got the Hypps. / How? Not a Word come from thy lips?1731, [Jonathan Swift], “Cassinus and Peter. A Tragical Elegy.”, in A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed. […], Dublin; London: […] [William Bowyer] for J. Roberts […], published 1734, →OCLC, page 27
    • Guess I've got a bad case of the hyps.1922, Francis Lynde, Pirates’ Hope, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 33
  2. (informal) Hypnotism.
    • A hyp act is scheduled after the acrobats.
    • [W]hen a dream or the hyp has given us falſe terrors, or imaginary pains, we immediately conclude, that the infernal tyrant owes us a ſpite, and inflicts his wrath and ſtripes upon us, by the hands of ſome of his ſworn ſervants amongſt us.1759 December 4 (Gregorian calendar), [Oliver] Goldsmith, “On Deceit and Falshood”, in The Bee, a Select Collection of Essays, on the Most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects, […], new edition...
  3. (informal) A hypnotist.
    • The hyp is booked through the end of the month.
  4. A hypotenuse.

Verb

hyp (third-person singular simple present hyps, present participle hypping, simple past and past participle hypped)

  1. (colloquial, dated) To make melancholy.

Proper noun capitalized: HYP

HYP

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Harvard/Yale/Princeton.
    • Dartmouth has always been one of the foremost academic institutions in the country. What, then, is Sehgal’s real complaint? He worries that the "yield numbers" indicate more students want admission to HYP than Dartmouth."2004 June 11, Stefan M. Beck, “Buzzing, Blabbering Idiots”, in The Dartmouth Review, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2004
    • But we do know that the acceptance rate for legacy applicants at "HYP" (Harvard, Yale, Princeton), Georgetown, and Stanford is between two and three times higher than the general admission rate, as shown in figure 6-2.2018, Richard V. Reeves, Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It

Also used as

hyp is also the alternative form of hype.

Forms of hyp

Noun
pluralhyps
alternative formhyp.
Verb
third-person singular presenthyps
present participlehypping
past participlehypped
pasthypped

Words formed from hyp

Words that rhyme with hyp

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Questions about hyp

What does hyp mean?
Hyp means hypochondria.
What part of speech is hyp?
Hyp can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hyp?
Hyp is pronounced /ˈhɪp/.
What is the plural of hyp?
The plural of hyp is hyps.

Words near hyp in the dictionary

  1. hyosternum
  2. hyostylic
  3. hyosymplectic
  4. hyote
  5. hyotes
  6. hyp
  7. hyp-
  8. hyp.
  9. hypabyssal
  10. hypabyssally
  11. hypaconine

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