See also: hyper-

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Shortening.

Adjective edit

hyper (comparative more hyper, superlative most hyper)

  1. (colloquial) hyperactive
  2. (slang) energetic; overly diligent

Noun edit

hyper (countable and uncountable, plural hypers)

  1. (uncountable, colloquial, science fiction) hyperspace
  2. (countable, bodybuilding, colloquial) hyperextension exercise

Verb edit

hyper (third-person singular simple present hypers, present participle hypering, simple past and past participle hypered)

  1. (transitive) To expose (an animal) to a disease-causing organism, to promote hyperimmunity.

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

hyper (plural hypers)

  1. (wrestling) Alternative form of hiper
    • 1868, The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review:
      Mason of Blencogo was a strong fellow, with no great science or action, and how he disposed of Nichol of Bothel, who was one of the best hypers of the day, puzzled not a few.

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Etymology edit

From hyper-.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

hyper (not comparable)

  1. (slang) hyperactive, particularly in a panicked or frenetic way

Inflection edit

Inflection of hyper
uninflected hyper
inflected hyper
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial hyper
indefinite m./f. sing. hyper
n. sing. hyper
plural hyper
definite hyper
partitive hypers

Noun edit

hyper c (plural hypers)

  1. (informal) hyperglycaemia
    Synonym: hyperglykemie
    Antonym: hypo

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Adverb edit

hyper

  1. (informal) very, a lot
    Tu es hyper sympa!
    You are very nice!

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Adjective edit

hyper (comparative mer hyper, superlative mest hyper)

  1. (slang) hyper, hyperactive ((overly) energetic)
    Synonym: speedad
    Hans unge är så jäkla hyper
    His kid is so damn hyper

Usage notes edit

Uninflected.

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