to hype up
- phrasal verb
- /haɪp ʌp/
- Informal
- I know you're trying to hype yourself up, which is always a good thing, but don't believe the hype. LOL, true, those teams you talk of have some good players, but the USA has great players.
- really hype up
- just hype up
- so hyped up
And overall, they have been hyping up this brand for so long.
- And overall, they have been hyping up this brand for so long.
- But it's so much more fun to hype each other up.
- And so we are here now to unveil what we've been hyping up for the past couple episodes now.
- I thought I would be hyping up the products a little more than I am because it's not like I don't like them.
- Many people have hyped this up and I love judging a new mascara, so I've already curled my lashes.
- I mean, I was already planning on working on it anyway, but I think this trip has reinforced me to really be hyped up for it.
- The dude like took off his pass through his stuff and they was doing jumping jacks, hyping up the crowd leaving the arena.
- So if like you speak first and you like so hype the crowd up because you're so doggone good.
Examples
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And so we are here now to unveil what we've been hyping up for the past couple episodes now.
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I get ridiculed sometimes, though, because I hype up a film for months and then it comes out to terrible reviews.
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And overall, they have been hyping up this brand for so long.
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We were hyped up and ready to play.
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Let's face it, folks, people in Hollywood will hype up anything to make a big buck.
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You've got to go first and hype up the crowd.
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The more people who hype up your product or even give an honest review, the higher your conversions will be.
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They are already hyping up UGA and Bama.
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Many people have hyped this up and I love judging a new mascara, so I've already curled my lashes.
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The coach always knows how to hype up the team before a big game.
Synonyms
To make someone feel very happy, interested, or eager
Make people feel excited and ready to act
Make someone feel excited and full of energy
To make people feel very excited and want to act
To make someone feel excited about something
To make someone feel very excited and happy
To make people feel excited and ready to act
Make someone or something more lively and interesting
To cause a sudden rush of energy and excitement in someone
Give someone praise to make them feel more confident
To make someone feel very excited, often suddenly
To make someone feel strong excitement or deep emotion
Make an event like a party more lively and exciting
Make people more interested and eager about something
Antonyms
How Excited
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the parts: 'hype' (to over-promote) combined with the intensifying/movement particle 'up' (to raise/increase) yields 'increase promotion or excitement.' This verb+particle compositional pattern is common in English (and mirrored in many languages by an intensifier), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Hype up comes from a simple image: imagine pumping air into a balloon to make it bigger and more exciting. The word hype comes from 'hyper', meaning very excited, and up adds the idea of raising it, so hype up means 'to make someone feel very excited'.