Hyp

//ˈhɪp// name, noun, verb, slang

name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Hypochondria. countable, uncountable

    "Heaven ſend thou haſt not got the Hypps. / How? Not a Word come from thy lips?"

  2. 2
    Hypnotism. countable, informal, uncountable

    "A hyp act is scheduled after the acrobats."

  3. 3
    A hypnotist. countable, informal, uncountable

    "The hyp is booked through the end of the month."

  4. 4
    A hypotenuse. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    Alternative form of hype (“hypodermic [needle]”). alt-of, alternative, countable, slang, uncountable

    "Itinerant short con and carny hyp men have burned down the croakers of Texas. . . ."

Verb
  1. 1
    To make melancholy. colloquial, dated
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Harvard/Yale/Princeton. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "Dartmouth has always been one of the foremost academic institutions in the country. What, then, is Sehgal’s real complaint? He worries that the "yield numbers" indicate more students want admission to HYP than Dartmouth.""

Synonyms

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acidheadacknowledgmentaddictadvertisementadvocatealcoholic

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