hat : Idioms & Phrases
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- bad hat
- bishop's hat
- bowler hat
- brass hat
- campaign hat
- cavalier hat
Chip bonnet ,Chip hat - church hat
- Cocked hat
- Cockle hat
- cowboy hat
- Crush hat
- derby hat
- dress hat
- felt hat
- flat-hat
- fur hat
- Gypsy hat
- hard hat
- Hat block
- hat shop
- hat trick
- high hat
- high-hat cymbal
- Iron hat
- mexican hat
- old-hat
- Opera hat
- panama hat
- picture hat
- pith hat
- plug hat
- porkpie hat
- safety hat
- Shovel hat
- silk hat
- slouch hat
- Slouth hat
- snap-brim hat
- Stovepipe hat
- straw hat
- sun hat
- talk through one's hat
- ten-gallon hat
- Thrum hat
- tin hat
- To have a brick in one's hat
- To pass around the hat
- top hat
- woman's hat
bad hat
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noun someone who deliberately stirs up trouble
mischief-maker; troublemaker; trouble maker; troubler.
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bishop's hat
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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
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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
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noun a high-ranking military officer
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campaign hat
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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
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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
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noun a fanciful hat of the kind worn by Black women for Sunday worship
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Cocked hat
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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 alsothree-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
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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
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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
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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
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noun a hat made of felt with a creased crown
Stetson; homburg; fedora; trilby.
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flat-hat
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verb fly very close to the ground
hedgehop.
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fur hat
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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
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noun a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc.
construction worker.
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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
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noun shop selling women's hats
millinery.
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hat trick
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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
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noun cymbals that are operated by a foot pedal
high hat.
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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
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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
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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
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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'
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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
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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
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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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A fine plaited hat, made in Central America of the young leaves of a plant ( Carludovica palmata ).
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picture hat
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noun a woman's dressy hat with a wide brim
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pith hat
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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
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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
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noun man's hat with a low, flat crown and a snap brim
porkpie.
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safety hat
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noun a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers
hard hat; safety hat.
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Shovel hat
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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
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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
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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
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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
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noun a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
Panama hat; skimmer; Panama; sailor; boater; leghorn.
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sun hat
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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noun hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner
millinery.