Hypodermic - English meaning

noun

Extravagant or intensive publicity or promotion.

Usage examples:

His first album hit the stores amid a storm of hype

verb

Promote or publicize (a product or idea) intensively, often exaggerating its benefits.

Usage examples:

An industry quick to hype its products

verb

Stimulate or excite (someone).

Usage examples:

I was hyped up because i wanted to do well

noun

A very fine slender piece of polished metal with a point at one end and a hole or eye for thread at the other, used in sewing.

Usage examples:

A darning needle

verb

Prick or pierce with or as if with a needle.

Usage examples:

Dust needled his eyes

verb

A sharp pointed implement

noun

A thin, pointed piece of metal, wood, or another rigid material.

Usage examples:

The spikes dug into the thin material of the bags, and dirt began to leak out.

verb

Impale on or pierce with a sharp point.

Usage examples:

She spiked another oyster

noun

A flower cluster formed of many flower heads attached directly to a long stem.

Usage examples:

This handsome plant has striking blue flowers in a spike on the stem

noun

A tube with a nozzle and piston or bulb for sucking in and ejecting liquid in a thin stream, used for cleaning wounds or body cavities, or fitted with a hollow needle for injecting or withdrawing fluids.

Usage examples:

Injections were given using glass syringes with reusable steel needles.

verb

Clean (the ear, a wound, etc.) by spraying liquid from a syringe.

Usage examples:

I had my ears syringed

noun

A tube for collecting blood or other liquids or for putting liquids into the body usually through a needle that can be put under the skin

Usage examples:

As a diabetic, she uses a syringe to inject herself with insulin.