Hyped - English meaning

verb

Describe or draw attention to (a product, service, or event) in a public medium in order to promote sales or attendance.

Usage examples:

A billboard advertising beer

verb

Help or encourage (something) to increase or improve.

Usage examples:

A range of measures to boost tourism

noun

A source of help or encouragement leading to increase or improvement.

Usage examples:

The cut in interest rates will give a further boost to the economy

noun

Goods to be bought and sold.

Usage examples:

Shops which offered an astonishing range of merchandise

verb

Promote the sale of (goods), especially by their presentation in retail outlets.

Usage examples:

A new breakfast food can easily be merchandised

noun

Commodities offered for sale

noun

A piece of solid material fitting tightly into a hole and blocking it up.

Usage examples:

Somewhere in the pipes there is a plug of ice blocking the flow

verb

Short for fireplug.

verb

Support or actively encourage (a cause, venture, etc.); further the progress of.

Usage examples:

Some regulation is still required to promote competition

verb

Assign to a higher position

verb

To advertise something in order to sell it

Usage examples:

The new model cars are being heavily promoted on television., a new campaign has been launched to p…

verb

Make (something) widely known.

Usage examples:

Use the magazine to publicize human rights abuses

verb

Make known to people as a whole

verb

To make information available about someone or something

Usage examples:

Luna has helped publicize the problem of homelessness.

noun

A short, explosive burst of breath or wind.

Usage examples:

A puff of wind swung the weathercock round

verb

Breathe in repeated short gasps.

Usage examples:

Exercises that make you puff

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

She pushed her glass towards him

noun

An act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

He closed the door with a push

verb

Move with force, "he pushed the table into a corner"

phrasal verb

Discuss someone or something in a way that makes them seem more interesting or attractive.

Usage examples:

He is talking up the company to stock analysts

phrasal verb

To speak in a positive way about something or someone in order to persuade others

Usage examples:

The candidate talked up his own plan to provide coverage for 27 million uninsured americans.

phrasal verb

To speak with enthusiasm about something, often so that it sounds better than it really is

Usage examples:

The sales team has been keen to talk up the promotion.