hyp

plural hyps · alternative hyp.

1. countableuncountableHypochondria.

   Guess I've got a bad case of the hyps.

   1922, Francis Lynde, Pirates’ Hope, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 33

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   Heaven ſend thou haſt not got the Hypps. / How? Not a Word come from thy lips?

   1731, [Jonathan Swift], “Cassinus and Peter. A Tragical Elegy.”, in A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed. […], Dublin; London: […] [William Bowyer] for J. Roberts […], published 1734, →OCLC, page 27

2. countableinformaluncountableentertainmentHypnotism.

   A hyp act is scheduled after the acrobats.

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   [W]hen a dream or the hyp has given us falſe terrors, or imaginary pains, we immediately conclude, that the infernal tyrant owes us a ſpite, and inflicts his wrath and ſtripes upon us, by the hands of ſome of his ſworn ſervants amongſt us.

   1759 December 4 (Gregorian calendar), [Oliver] Goldsmith, “On Deceit and Falshood”, in The Bee, a Select Collection of Essays, on the Most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects, […], new edition, number VIII, London: […] W[illiam] Lane, […], published c. 1790, →OCLC, page 230

3. countableinformaluncountableentertainmentA hypnotist.

   The hyp is booked through the end of the month.

4. countableuncountablemathematicsA hypotenuse.
5. alternativecountableslanguncountableAlternative form of hype (“hypodermic [needle]”).

   Itinerant short con and carny hyp men have burned down the croakers of Texas. . . .

   1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 13

present singular third person hyps · participle present hypping · participle past hypped · past hypped

1. colloquialdatedTo make melancholy.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Harvard/Yale/Princeton.

   But we do know that the acceptance rate for legacy applicants at "HYP" (Harvard, Yale, Princeton), Georgetown, and Stanford is between two and three times higher than the general admission rate, as shown in figure 6-2.

   2018, Richard V. Reeves, Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It

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   Dartmouth has always been one of the foremost academic institutions in the country. What, then, is Sehgal’s real complaint? He worries that the "yield numbers" indicate more students want admission to HYP than Dartmouth."

   2004 June 11, Stefan M. Beck, “Buzzing, Blabbering Idiots”, in The Dartmouth Review, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2004