Alternative form of hipe (“wrestling move”)

(slang) excitement; excellence; coolness

present participle of hype up

A hip-hop performer responsible for backup rapping and singing and increasing an audience’s excitement with call-and-response chants.

plural of hype man

to talk up; to promote extravagantly

(sometimes derogatory) An audience or other group of people who are hyped over something; people who highly and sometimes excessively anticipates something that has been highly advertised and promoted.

Excitement for an event, phenomenon, etc. stirred by the mass media.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hype up

simple past tense and past participle of hype up