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HYPE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blatant or sensational promotion

Synonyms:

ballyhoo; hoopla; hype; plug

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hype" is a kind of...):

packaging; promo; promotion; promotional material; publicity (a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "hype" is one way to...):

air; bare; publicise; publicize (make public)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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