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hype train

hype train noun: an audience or other group of people who are hyped over something; people who highly and sometimes excessively anticipates something that has been highly advertised and promoted.

Noun

hype train (plural hype trains)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) An audience or other group of people who are hyped over something; people who highly and sometimes excessively anticipates something that has been highly advertised and promoted.
    • That new film is being advertised way too much, but it's working – everyone is joining the hype train.

Forms of hype train

pluralhype trains

Questions about hype train

What does hype train mean?
Hype train means an audience or other group of people who are hyped over something; people who highly and sometimes excessively anticipates something that has been highly advertised and promoted.
What part of speech is hype train?
Hype train is a noun.
What is the plural of hype train?
The plural of hype train is hype trains.

Words near hype train in the dictionary

  1. hype cycle
  2. hype cycles
  3. hype man
  4. hype men
  5. hype moments and aura
  6. hype train
  7. hype trains
  8. hype up
  9. hypebeast
  10. hypebeasts
  11. hyped

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