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hyphy

/ˈhaɪfiː/

hyphy adjective: rambunctious, loud, crazy, dangerous, irrational, and outrageous in behavior.

Adjective

hyphy (comparative hyphier, superlative hyphiest)

  1. (slang) Rambunctious, loud, crazy, dangerous, irrational, and outrageous in behavior.
    • She was so hyphy outside the club Saturday night, she nearly punched a cop!
  2. Of or relating to the hyphy music subgenre or culture.
    • Oakland is the place to look for 'hyphy' (hyperactive) New Bay hip-hop, while SoCal is still riding the 'crunk' (crazy-drunk) drum and bass beats with […]2006, Andrea Schulte-Peevers et al., California, Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 46

Noun

hyphy (uncountable)

  1. A subgenre of hip-hop music and dancing associated with the San Francisco Bay Area.
    • It was Oakland rapper Keak Da Sneak who claims to have invented the term: upon being told by his mother that he was “hyperactive”, Keak repeated the term as “hyphy”. Since then, hyphy has come to refer to a complex group of cultural activities synonymous with Oakland: it is at once a sound, a...2009, Mickey Hess, editor, Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide, volume 1, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 281

hyphy meaning in Tamil

hyphy in Tamil

வெறித்தனமான இசை

Forms of hyphy

comparativehyphier
superlativehyphiest
alternative formhyphe
alternative formhyphee
alternative formhyphie

Origin of hyphy

Probably an alteration of hype or hyper. American rapper Keak da Sneak is sometimes credited as coining the word in the 1990s, but no evidence exists to support this and the term is first attested in 2002.

Questions about hyphy

What does hyphy mean?
Hyphy means rambunctious, loud, crazy, dangerous, irrational, and outrageous in behavior.
What is hyphy in Tamil?
Hyphy in Tamil is வெறித்தனமான இசை. See Hyphy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hyphy?
Hyphy can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce hyphy?
Hyphy is pronounced /ˈhaɪfiː/.

Words near hyphy in the dictionary

  1. hyphomycetes
  2. hyphomycetous
  3. hyphopodia
  4. hyphopodial
  5. hyphopodium
  6. hyphy
  7. hypices
  8. hypichnial
  9. hypichnion
  10. hypidiomorphic
  11. hypidiomorphically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hyphy (page history and authors); hyphy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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