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hyped up

hyped up is the simple past and past participle of hype up.

Meaning of hype up

Verb

hype up (third-person singular simple present hypes up, present participle hyping up, simple past and past participle hyped up)

  1. (transitive) To talk up; to promote extravagantly.
    • I hoped that Daenerys and Jon would immediately get along. It felt like watching two friends who I’ve hyped up to each other finally meet.2017 July 30, Ali Barthwell, “Ice and fire finally meet in a front-loaded episode of Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club
  2. (intransitive) To get worked up; to become emotional or intense.

Questions about hyped up

What is hyped up the simple past and past participle of?
Hyped up is the simple past and past participle of hype up.

Words near hyped up in the dictionary

  1. hype trains
  2. hype up
  3. hypebeast
  4. hypebeasts
  5. hyped
  6. hyped up
  7. hypeman
  8. hypemen
  9. hypemonger
  10. hypemongers
  11. hypeness

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