old-hat Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
   well-worn; commonplace; hackneyed; tired; timeworn; trite; banal; threadbare; shopworn; stock.
   
   • bromidic sermons
   • his remarks were trite and commonplace
   • hackneyed phrases
   • a stock answer
   • repeating threadbare jokes
   • parroting some timeworn axiom
   • the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
2. adjective satellite out of fashion
   antique; demode; ex; passee; passe; outmoded; old-fashioned.
   
   • a suit of rather antique appearance
   • demode (or outmoded) attire
   • outmoded ideas

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