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hyped-up

American  
[hahypt-uhp] / ˈhaɪptˈʌp /

adjective

Informal.

  1. intensively or excessively stimulated or exaggerated.

    an economy hyped-up by arms spending.
hyped up British  

adjective

  1. slang stimulated or excited by or as if by the effect of a stimulating drug

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Etymology

Origin of hyped-up

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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The terms of the agreement might seem purposely vague—a case of two hyped-up AI stocks teaming up on a task that no one really understands.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

Funny, in the week leading up to the hyped-up Harbaugh Bowl — the third iteration of the NFL’s only brother-to-brother matchup of head coaches — the Ravens coach had to heed his own advice.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2024

Things went from bad to worse for the New York Jets and the Dallas Cowboys, with the Chicago Bears another hyped-up side struggling to keep their season alive.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2024

I first began to suspect that this story was a hyped-up mess when I went looking for a concrete example of someone who had been “juice jacked.”

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2023

Princeton scrawls on something that looks like a hyped-up mouse pad and it shows up on Namitha’s screen.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

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