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hype someone or something (up) to promote, advertise, or boost someone or something, often excessively. No matter how much they hyped it up, it was still a very dull movie. Her agent hyped her up as a great actress. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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PBS aired ``The Gin Game,'' which reunited Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore, during the past May sweeps and will present ``The Blues,'' an ambitious documentary series featuring films by Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood and other respected filmmakers just as the networks are hyping their new fall schedules. Intrusion detection systems are a market failure, and vendors are now hyping intrusion prevention systems, which have also stalled," said Richard Stiennon, research vice president for Gartner. The drink Rockstar, for example, crows that one can ``party like a rockstar'' while hyping itself as ideal for everyone ``from athletes to rockstars. |
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