hyphy

Meaning

Adj

1. (slang) Rambunctious, loud, crazy, dangerous, irrational, and outrageous in behavior.
2. Of or relating to the hyphy music subgenre or culture.

Noun

A subgenre of hip-hop music and dancing associated with the San Francisco Bay Area.

Synonyms

flyaway

lawless

rampageous

rumbunctious

Translations

متوحش , خارج عن السيطرة

unbändig

ungestüm

widerspenstig

turbulent

discolo

indocile

strepitosus

weerbarstig

onstuimig

uitgelaten

descontrolado

borrascoso

bullicioso

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhaɪfiː/

Etymology

Probably an alteration of hype or hyper. American rapper Keak da Sneak is sometimes credited as coining the word in the 1990s, but no evidence exists to support this and the term is first attested in 2002.