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• hyp
  hyp

  noun

  hypochondria.
• hyp-
  hyp-

  variant of hypo- before a vowel.
• hyp.
  hyp.

  abbreviation

  hypotenuse.

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

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Example Sentences

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hyp hyp.

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

Persons subject to the hyp complain of the northeast wind as increasing their malady.

From The True Benjamin Franklin by Sydney George Fisher

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

When once hyp and hypt were confounded with hip and hipped, hyppish would suffer and lose definition.

From Society for Pure English, Tract 03 (1920) A Few Practical Suggestions by Society for Pure English

Mouth parts of grasshopper shown in relative position; lbr., labrum; md., mandibles; hyp., hypopharynx; max., maxillae; lab., labium.

From An Elementary Study of Insects by Leonard Haseman

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