0 past simple and past participle of hype
1 to repeatedly advertise and discuss something in newspapers, on television, etc. in order to attract everyone's interest:
It seems to me, having obtained a copy of the speech, that it has been somewhat hyped up by the press.
Are the facts hyped up by those who oppose mink farming?
We learned that the threat of rogue states—later to be called states of concern—was exaggerated and hyped.
I do not want to have to try to do that in a hyped-up political context.
I regret that these modest restrictions seem to have been hyped up as being far more considerable than they are.
There is a danger that the enterprise companies will become very much hyped by their considerable powers.
Spectators walking around in the streets are not necessarily causing an offence because they are encouraging themselves on and getting hyped up.
Sometimes, however, there are cases in which highly hyped new drugs are not necessarily any better than long-standing treatments.