Hat Definition
hăt
hats, hatted, hatting
noun
hats
A covering for the head, usually with a brim and a crown.
Webster's New World
A head covering of distinctive color and shape worn as a symbol of office.
American Heritage
Any of the several titles, positions, jobs, roles, etc. that one person may have.
Webster's New World
The office symbolized by the wearing of such a head covering.
American Heritage
A role or office symbolized by or as if by the wearing of different hats.
Wears two hats—one as parent and one as corporate executive.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- lid
- chapeau
- confidential
- enter politics
- chatter
- congratulate
- run for office
- enter a contest
- make foolish statements
- talk nonsense
- bean pod
- roof
- headpiece
- hidden
- private
verb
hatted, hatting
To cover or provide with a hat.
Webster's New World
other
See also headgear.
Wiktionary
idiom
at the drop of a hat
- At the slightest pretext or provocation.
American Heritage
hat in hand
- In a humble manner; humbly.
American Heritage
take (one's) hat off to
- To respect, admire, or congratulate.
American Heritage
talk through (one's) hat
- To talk nonsense.
- To bluff.
American Heritage
throw
- To enter a political race as a candidate for office.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Hat
Noun
Singular:
hat
Plural:
hatsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Hat
Origin of Hat
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From Middle English hat, from Old English hæt, hætt (“head-covering, hat”), from Proto-Germanic *hattuz (“hat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to guard, cover, care for, protect”). Cognate with North Frisian hat (“hat”), Danish hat (“hat”), Swedish hatt (“hat”), Icelandic hattur (“hat”), Latin cassis (“helmet”), Lithuanian kudas (“bird's crest or tuft”), Avestan [script?] (xaoda, “hat”), Welsh caddu (“to provide for, ensure”). Compare also hood.
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English hæt, hætt
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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