hyp (countable and uncountable, plural hyps)
(informal, entertainment) hypnotism
(informal, entertainment) hypnotist
(mathematics) hypotenuse
hypochondria
hyp (third-person singular simple present hyps, present participle hypping, simple past and past participle hypped)
(colloquial, dated) To make melancholy.
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Initialism of Harvard/Yale/Princeton.
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Source: Wiktionary
Hyp, n.
Definition: An abbreviation of hypochonaria; -- usually in plural. [Colloq.] Heaven send thou hast not got the hyps. Swift.
Hyp, v. t.
Definition: To make melancholy. [Colloq.] W. Irving.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 April 2024
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
