hat : Idioms & Phrases


bad hat

  • noun someone who deliberately stirs up trouble
    mischief-maker; troublemaker; trouble maker; troubler.
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bishop's hat

  • noun slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover
    barrenwort; Epimedium grandiflorum.
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bowler hat

  • noun a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
    derby; bowler; bowler hat; derby hat.
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brass hat

  • noun a high-ranking military officer
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campaign hat

  • noun a broad-brimmed felt hat with a high crown; formerly worn by the United States Army and Marine personnel
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cavalier hat

  • noun a soft felt hat with a wide flexible brim
    cavalier hat.
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Chip bonnet, Chip hat

  • a bonnet or a hat made of Chip. See Chip, n., 3.
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church hat

  • noun a fanciful hat of the kind worn by Black women for Sunday worship
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Cocked hat

  • noun hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together to form points
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  • . (a) A hat with large, stiff flaps turned up to a peaked crown, thus making its form triangular; called also three-cornered hat or tricorn . (b) A game similar to ninepins, except that only three pins are used, which are set up at the angles of a triangle.
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Cockle hat

  • a hat ornamented with a cockleshell, the badge of a pilgrim. Shak.
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cowboy hat

  • noun a hat with a wide brim and a soft crown; worn by American ranch hands
    cowboy hat.
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Crush hat

  • a hat which collapses, and can be carried under the arm, and when expanded is held in shape by springs; hence, any hat not injured by compressing.
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derby hat

  • noun a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
    derby; bowler; bowler hat; derby hat.
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dress hat

  • noun a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
    dress hat; stovepipe; topper; beaver; high hat; silk hat; opera hat.
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felt hat

  • noun a hat made of felt with a creased crown
    Stetson; homburg; fedora; trilby.
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flat-hat

  • verb fly very close to the ground
    hedgehop.
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fur hat

  • noun a hat made of fur
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Gypsy hat

  • a woman's or child's broad-brimmed hat, usually of straw or felt.
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hard hat

  • noun a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc.
    construction worker.
  • noun a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers
    hard hat; safety hat.
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Hat block

  • a block on which hats are formed or dressed.
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hat shop

  • noun shop selling women's hats
    millinery.
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hat trick

  • noun (sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.)
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high hat

  • noun cymbals that are operated by a foot pedal
    high hat.
  • noun a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
    dress hat; stovepipe; topper; beaver; high hat; silk hat; opera hat.
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high-hat cymbal

  • noun cymbals that are operated by a foot pedal
    high hat.
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Iron hat

  • a headpiece of iron or steel, shaped like a hat with a broad brim, and used as armor during the Middle Ages.
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mexican hat

  • noun coneflower with flower heads resembling a Mexican hat with a tall red-brown disk and drooping yellow or yellow and red-brown rays; grows in the great plains along base of Rocky Mountains
    Ratibida columnaris.
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old-hat

  • 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'
  • 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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Opera hat

  • noun a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
    dress hat; stovepipe; topper; beaver; high hat; silk hat; opera hat.
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  • a gentleman's folding hat.
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panama hat

  • noun a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
    Panama hat; skimmer; Panama; sailor; boater; leghorn.
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Pan`a*ma" hat`
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  1. A fine plaited hat, made in Central America of the young leaves of a plant (Carludovica palmata).
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picture hat

  • noun a woman's dressy hat with a wide brim
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pith hat

  • noun a lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun
    sun helmet; topee; pith helmet; topi.
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plug hat

  • noun a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
    derby; bowler; bowler hat; derby hat.
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porkpie hat

  • noun man's hat with a low, flat crown and a snap brim
    porkpie.
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safety hat

  • noun a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers
    hard hat; safety hat.
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Shovel hat

  • noun a stiff broad-brimmed hat with the brim turned up at the sides and projecting in front; worn by some clergymen in Britain
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  • a broad-brimmed hat, turned up at the sides, and projecting in front like a shovel, worn by some clergy of the English Church. Colloq.
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silk hat

  • noun a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
    dress hat; stovepipe; topper; beaver; high hat; silk hat; opera hat.
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slouch hat

  • noun a soft felt hat with a wide flexible brim
    cavalier hat.
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Slouth hat

  • a soft, limp hat of unstiffened cloth or felt.
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snap-brim hat

  • noun a hat with a snap brim
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Stovepipe hat

  • the common tall silk hat. Slang, U.S.
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straw hat

  • noun a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
    Panama hat; skimmer; Panama; sailor; boater; leghorn.
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sun hat

  • noun a hat with a broad brim that protects the face from direct exposure to the sun
    sunhat.
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talk through one's hat

  • verb speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
    fake; bull; bullshit.
    • The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it
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ten-gallon hat

  • noun a hat with a wide brim and a soft crown; worn by American ranch hands
    cowboy hat.
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Thrum hat

  • a hat made of coarse woolen cloth. Minsheu.
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tin hat

  • noun a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers
    hard hat; safety hat.
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To have a brick in one's hat

  • to be drunk. Slang
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To pass around the hat

  • to take up a collection of voluntary contributions, which are often received in a hat. Collog.
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top hat

  • noun a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
    dress hat; stovepipe; topper; beaver; high hat; silk hat; opera hat.
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woman's hat

  • noun hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner
    millinery.
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