hyp

¹ American  

[hip] / hɪp /

Or hip

noun

Archaic.

1. hypochondria.

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hyp- ² American  

1. variant of hypo- before a vowel.

   hypalgesia.

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hyp. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. hypotenuse.

2. hypothesis.

3. hypothetical.

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hyp. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. hypotenuse

2. hypothetical

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hyp- ² British  

prefix

1. a variant of hypo-

   hypabyssal

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Etymology

Origin of hyp

By shortening

Example Sentences

The speaker works downward in a sort of hyp tease, through jaw, neck and shoulders, arms, chest, and abdomen, thighs, legs and feet.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was a gifted hyp notist of herself and others.

From Time Magazine Archive

As used in the early eighteenth century, the term "hyp" was perhaps not far from what our century has learned to call Angst.

From Hypochondriasis A Practical Treatise (1766) by Hill, John

They think the soldiers are a cleanly type, For all their brass is bright with elbow-fat, Burnished their bayonets and oiled their hyp; Do they suppose they always look like that?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CL, April 26, 1916 by Various

Toward the middle of the eighteenth century, hypochondria was so prevalent in people's minds and mouths that it soon assumed the abbreviated name "the hyp."

From Hypochondriasis A Practical Treatise (1766) by Hill, John