hyp

hyp (countable and uncountable, plural hyps)

1. (informal, entertainment) hypnotism

   A hyp act is scheduled after the acrobats.

2. (informal, entertainment) hypnotist

   The hyp is booked through the end of the month.

3. (mathematics) hypotenuse
4. hypochondria
   • Jonathan Swift

     Heaven send thou hast not got the hyps.

• hyp.

hyp (third-person singular simple present hyps, present participle hypping, simple past and past participle hypped)

1. (colloquial, dated) To make melancholy.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Washington Irving to this entry?)

• PHY

• hip

A variant of hip.

hyp (first-person singular past tense hypa, participle hypur)

1. I get on, ride, straddle
2. I rise, go up, climb into