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hypes

/haɪps/

hypes is the plural of hype.

hypes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hype.

Meaning of hype

Noun (1)

hype (usually uncountable, plural hypes)

  1. (usually) Promotion or propaganda, especially exaggerated claims.
    • After all the hype for the diet plan, only the results ended up slim.

Noun (2)

hype (plural hypes)

  1. (dated, metonymically, slang) A drug addict.
    • The Mob enforced the No-“H” Law. They tortured pushers. They killed them. Local hypes copped in L.A. Local hypes rode the Heroin Highway.2001, James Ellroy, The Cold Six Thousand, New York: Knopf, →ISBN, page 90

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Phrases with hypes

Words that rhyme with hypes

Questions about hypes

What is hypes the plural of?
Hypes is the plural of hype.
How do you pronounce hypes?
Hypes is pronounced /haɪps/.

Words near hypes in the dictionary

  1. hyperæmic
  2. hyperæsthesia
  3. hyperæsthesiæ
  4. hyperæsthetic
  5. hyperæsthetical
  6. hypes
  7. hypes up
  8. hypester
  9. hypesters
  10. hypesthesia
  11. hypesthesias

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