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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HYPHY

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PRONUNCIATION OF HYPHY

hyphy  [ˈhaɪˌfiː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYPHY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hyphy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HYPHY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hyphy

The word hyphy is San Francisco Bay Area slang meaning "hyperactive." More specifically it is an adjective that describes the music and the urban culture associated with that area. It was created by Oakland-based rapper Keak da Sneak when he used the term on an album he recorded in 1994. The hyphy culture began to emerge in the late 1990s and early 2000s as a response from Bay Area rappers against commercial hip hop for not acknowledging their region for setting trends in the hip hop industry. It is distinguished by gritty, pounding rhythms, and in this sense can be associated with San Francisco Bay as crunk music is to the Southern United States. An individual is said to "get hyphy" when they dance in an overstated, fast paced and ridiculous manner, or if they get overly loud with other people. The phrase "to get hyphy" is similar to the southern phrase "to get crunk". Those who consider themselves part of the hyphy movement strive for this behavior. Although the "hyphy movement" has just recently seen light in mainstream America, it has been a long standing and ever evolving culture in the Bay Area since the early 1990s.

Definition of hyphy in the English dictionary

The definition of hyphy in the dictionary is a style of hip-hop music originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYPHY


defi
deˈfiː
fee
fiː
fifi
ˈfiːfiː
fille
fiː
hyphae
ˈhaɪfiː
nymphae
ˈnɪmfiː
pennyfee
ˈpenɪˌfiː
raphae
ˈreɪfiː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYPHY

hypha
hyphae
hyphal
hyphemia
hyphen
hyphen help
hyphenate
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hyphenation
hyphenic
hyphenisation
hyphenism
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hyping
hypinosis
hypnagogic
hypnagogic image
hypnic
hypnoanalyses

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYPHY

anaglyphy
autobiography
bibliography
biography
calligraphy
choreography
chromatography
discography
filmography
geography
murphy
petroglyphy
philosophy
photoglyphy
photography
pornography
tomography
topography
trophy
typography

Synonyms and antonyms of hyphy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hyphy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYPHY

Find out the translation of hyphy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hyphy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hyphy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

的HyPHY
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hyphy
570 millions of speakers

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hyphy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Hyphy
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

hyphy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Hyphy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hyphy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হিপি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hyphy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Haram
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hyphy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハイフィー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의 HyPHY
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hypnosis
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Hyphy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஹிப்பி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हाफि
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hyphy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hyphy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Hyphy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Hyphy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hyphy
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Hyphy
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

hyphy
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

hyphy
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

hyphy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hyphy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPHY»

The term «hyphy» is normally little used and occupies the 116.575 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPHY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hyphy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hyphy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hyphy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYPHY»

Discover the use of hyphy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hyphy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide
Despite the undeniable importance of Vallejo, however, Hyphy would soon be adopted by Oakland (and the rest of the Bay). It was Oakland rapper Keak Da Sneak who claims to have invented the term: upon being told by his mother that he ...
Mickey Hess, 2009
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Billboard
"That's My Word" (Rah Records/All in Da Doe) Anchored by Bay Area hits "Super Hyphie" and "Hyphie," this collection from the Oakland, Calif., rapper delivers a saucy look into the hyphy movement. - WOULD LIKE TO THANK J SHOW 1 V V.
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Statistical Methods in Molecular Evolution
6. HyPhy: Hypothesis. Testing. Using. Phylogenies. Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond1 and Spencer V. Muse2 1 Antiviral Research Center, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103, USA, ...
Rasmus Nielsen, 2006
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Redefining the Real: Race, Gender and Place in the ...
Another Bay Area DJ , Juice, who has had several Bay Area mixtapes prominently featuring Hyphy music reviewed in national Rap publications such as the Source, XXL and Scratch, felt that a major part of the problem was not the subject ...
Michael Paul Barnes, 2007
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The Phylogenetic Handbook: A Practical Approach to ...
Any object (i.e. sequence alignment, tree, likelihood function) in HYPHY can be viewed in a type—specific window. The most important of these is the data window, which displays sequences and provides a number of tools for setting up an ...
Philippe Lemey, Marco Salemi, Anne-Mieke Vandamme, 2009
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Vibe
ast year, hip hop's cognoscenti crowned hyphy as the new crunk and declared it simply a matter of time before scrapers, thizz faces, and stunna shades joined B- boying and beat-boxing as fundamental elements of American rap culture.
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Differential Selective Pressures Acting on the Influenza A ...
For the process of estimating synonymous and non‐ synonymous substitution rates and inferring evidence of selective pressures, the [Hy]Pothesis Testing Using [Phy]logenies or HyPhy package was utilized (Pond, Frost & Muse, 2005).
Melissa Wilbert, 2008
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Hyphy
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Terrence James Victorino, 2012
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Multimodal Media Production in the Development of ...
... East Newton Bus Stop COLLAR: Devonte Tyrone, Devonte Tommy Devonte & all students INTERVIEW NOTES: D: It's just about getting' hyphy. . .Really I don't know why I made it but I just felt like makin' a song about gettin' hyphy and stuff.
Kofi-Charu Nat Turner, 2008
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Mo' Urban Dictionary: Ridonkulous Street Slang Defined
hyphy. Hyperactive. NorCal crunk; hyphy is to northern California as crunk is to the South. Hyphy is bringing crunk to a whole new level, just goin' all out nasty. Sometimes spelled “hyphe” or “hyphee ...
Peckham, Aaron, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYPHY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hyphy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Imagining a realistic blueprint for CC Sabathia - Pinstripe Alley
A Bay Area native, CC has been anything but hyphy on the mound this season. Over 100.1 innings, Sabathia has a 5.47 ERA with 19 home ... «Pinstripe Alley, Jul 15»
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Kay Cola - Have 2 Call Feat. Iamsu! & Kool John | Stream & Listen …
The song, produced by Jon Famous and written by Kay herself, has appropriate hyphy undertones, while Kay puts a man she was fucking with ... «HotNewHipHop, Jul 15»
3
Top 10 Songs of the Week (7/10)
This selection contorts from DJ Shadow hyphy toward melodic trap and twists back to the West Coast with some jazz-tinged, Brainfeeder-esque ... «Consequence of Sound, Jul 15»
4
Eye of the Sluricane: A Dispatch from an E-40 Bottle Signing
His inimitable flow set him apart from his contemporaries in the '90s; in the mid-aughts, he heralded the hyphy movement's arrival on the ... «KQED, Jul 15»
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Twerking, photobombing, sexting and YOLO added to Oxford …
Hyphy — Pronounced hi-fi, it's a term for uptempo hip-hop music originating in California and associated with a frenetic dancing. Koozie — That ... «Chronicle, Jul 15»
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The Polish Ambassador reveals Pushing Through The Pavement …
In this remix of “Gathering Of The Tribes,” he threw in marching band drums, hyphy synths, and African percussion to give the track a more ... «The Untz, Jul 15»
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Hit-Boy, Sage The Gemini & K Roosevelt's “Stay Up”: Idolator Premiere
Over a snappy, fuzzy hybrid of hyphy and G-funk, Hit spits with the type of rolling confidence guys like Too $hort established, while Sage offers ... «Idolator: All About The Music, Jul 15»
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Dallas Observer Mixtape with Lars Warn
I am originally from Northern California so during that time I was playing a lot of hyphy. I was also introduced to dubstep then, before it had ... «Dallas Observer, Jul 15»
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Similar but not the same: insights into the evolutionary history of …
The HyPhy package performs tests on evolutionary rate differences and signatures of selection using the Branch-Site REL model approach, ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Happy Birthday Mac Dre! Tribute To The Founder Of “Thizz Music”
Before his untimely demise, Dre built his legacy on being the originator of “Thizz Music” and one of the founders of the “hyphy” movement. «The Source, Jul 15»

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