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English
Pronunciation
Noun
hyp (countable and uncountable, plural hyps)
- Hypochondria.
1731, [Jonathan Swift], “Cassinus and Peter. A Tragical Elegy.”, in A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed. , Dublin, London: [William Bowyer] for J. Roberts , published 1734, →OCLC, page 27:Heaven ſend thou haſt not got the Hypps. / How? Not a Word come from thy lips?
1922, Francis Lynde, Pirates’ Hope, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 33:Guess I've got a bad case of the hyps.
- (entertainment, informal)
- Hypnotism.
A hyp act is scheduled after the acrobats.
1759 December 5 (Gregorian calendar), [Oliver] Goldsmith, “On Deceit and Falshood”, in The Bee, a Select Collection of Essays, on the Most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects, , new edition, number VIII, London: W Lane, , published c. 1790, →OCLC, page 230:[W]hen a dream or the hyp has given us falſe terrors, or imaginary pains, we immediately conclude, that the infernal tyrant owes us a ſpite, and inflicts his wrath and ſtripes upon us, by the hands of ſome of his ſworn ſervants amongſt us.
- A hypnotist.
The hyp is booked through the end of the month.
- (mathematics) A hypotenuse.
- (slang) Alternative form of hype (“hypodermic ”)
Verb
hyp (third-person singular simple present hyps, present participle hypping, simple past and past participle hypped)
- (colloquial, dated) To make melancholy.
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
A variant of hip.
Verb
hyp (aorist hypa, participle hypur)
- to get on, ride, straddle
- to rise, go up, climb into