hyp
verb1
Colloquial, Dated To make melancholy.
hyp
noun/ˈhɪp/ · /haɪp/
1
Hypochondria.
- Heaven ſend thou haſt not got the Hypps. / How? Not a Word come from thy lips?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:
- Guess I've got a bad case of the hyps.1922, Francis Lynde, Pirates’ Hope, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 33:
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Entertainment, Lifestyle Informal Hypnotism.
- A hyp act is scheduled after the acrobats.
- [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.1759 December 4 (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[illiam] Lane, […], published c. 1790, →OCLC, page 230:
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Entertainment, Lifestyle Informal A hypnotist.
- The hyp is booked through the end of the month.
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Mathematics, Sciences A hypotenuse.
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Alternative, Slang Alternative form of hype (“hypodermic [needle]”).
- Itinerant short con and carny hyp men have burned down the croakers of Texas. . . .1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 13:
- Derived terms
- hyppish