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hyping up

hyping up is the present participle and gerund 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 hyping up

What is hyping up the present participle and gerund of?
Hyping up is the present participle and gerund of hype up.

Words near hyping up in the dictionary

  1. hypidiomorphic
  2. hypidiomorphically
  3. hypier
  4. hypiest
  5. hyping
  6. hyping up
  7. hypinosis
  8. hypinotic
  9. hypish
  10. hypn-
  11. hypnaceous

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