Meaning

3 senses
  1. (slang)Energetic; overly diligent.

  2. (informal)Of or related to hyper characters.

  3. (informal)Extremely exaggerated in size and/or involving an excessive amount of substances, like bodily fluids.

    hyper cock

    hyper scat

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Tom is a little hyper.

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  2. France is a hyper-centralized country.

    ruФранция — это гиперцентрализованная страна.

    deFrankreich ist ein hyperzentralisiertes Land.

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  3. He's hyper-busy with work, family and everything else.

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  4. Sami's parents were hyper-religious.

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  5. In today's hyper-connected world, the desire for privacy can often be confused with having something to hide.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

Shortenings, all ultimately from the prefix hyper-.

Shortenings, all ultimately from the prefix hyper-.

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Forms

more hyper, most hyper
Comparativemore hyper Lesson
Superlativemost hyper Lesson

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hyper — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto