Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Like
hyp . an abbreviation ofhypochondria : commonly in the plural. - noun In photography, a common abbreviation of
hyposulphite of soda , a chemical extensively used in most photographic processes. - noun A prefix of Greek origin, cognate with sub- of Latin origin, and meaning primarily ‘under,’ either in place or in degree (less,' ‘less than’).
- noun In the manufacture of india-rubber goods, a trade-name for lead thiosulphate, used as a vulcanizing material. Also known as black hypo.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun colloq. Hypochondria.
- noun (Photog.), colloq. Sodium hyposulphite, or thiosulphate, a solution of which is used as a bath to wash out the unchanged silver salts in a picture.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete Melancholy; a fit of ‘
hypochondria ’; a morbiddepression (obsolete by 1881 according to Eric Partridge.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections
- noun a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing
Etymologies
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Examples
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Of course your hypo is a much more dramatic example of changing the enforcement mechanism than the one at issue here.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Arizona Immigration Law Preempted? 2010
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Lincoln certainly had moments of what he called the "hypo," most notably when his first serious crush, Ann Rutledge, died in 1835, and again when he broke up with fiancée Mary Todd on the eve of their nuptials in 1841.
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Lincoln had within him a terrible bent towards what he called the hypo, what we might today call manic depression.
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Or, perhaps for more traction, if the US “Hitler” hypo is appropriate, why are you not calling for universal jurisdiction in the case of Mugabe, Castro, or Chavez?
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Garzon and the Trouble with International Law” 2010
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Having said that, I think your hypo is pretty far-fetched.
Waldo Jaquith - Kroger: Our employees have to do their job. 2007
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The nice thing about Judge Kozinskis hypo is that he would have use presume that judge knows it (or believes it as much as he can believe anything) in his guts.
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But if the treatment lowers it too much, diabetics get a "hypo" - a faint, sweaty, unpleasant feeling which is cured by a quick dose of sugar.
HomePage - The Sun 2010
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The dynamic in Matt’s hypo is quite different from the business colleague telling us what we want to hear.
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Of course your hypo is a much more dramatic example of changing the enforcement mechanism than the one at issue here.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Arizona Immigration Law Preempted? 2010
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The study found one in eight runners in the 2002 Boston Marathon actually drank too much water, putting them at risk for a condition called hypo-nutrinia -- let's hope I pronounce that correctly.
yarb commented on the word hypo
...and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me...
- Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 1
July 23, 2008
alexz commented on the word hypo
spotted in the news as 'hypothetical'. ie a hypothetical situation.
the tweet examples has this as also being hypo as in low blood sugar.
March 21, 2017