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high hat, ˈhigh-hat
[high a. 1.]
1. A tall hat; fig. a person of affected superiority. Also attrib. or as adj., superior, lofty.
1889in C. W. & P. Cunnington Handbk. Eng. Costume 19th Cent. (1959) 309 Is it not considered bad taste to wear anything else but a high hat with a Frock coat? 1899A. H. Quinn Pennsylvania Stories 39 Houston..was under strong suspicion of having worn a high hat out to college that morning. 1923N.Y. Times 9 Sept. vii. 2/1 (Stage Gloss.), High Hat—swelled head. 1924P. Marks Plastic Age 149 Christmas Cove's a nice place; not so high-hat as Bar Harbor. Ibid. 196 We're a lot of low⁓brows pretending to be intellectual high-hats. 1927Cleveland Press 29 Jan., We see no point in assuming a high hat attitude towards what one doesn't know. 1930Publishers' Weekly 22 Mar. 1674 The shop is not ‘high hat’. 1931G. B. Stern Shortest Night xvi. 263 That hot-tempered young high-hat. 1932E. Wallace When Gangs came to London xxi. 186 Eddy was getting high-hat..now this new and irritating situation had arisen. 1932E. Wilson Devil take Hindmost xviii. 205 He gets high-hat and speaks with scorn of the Mexicans. 1953R. Lehmann Echoing Grove iii. 199 Forgive me if I sound high-hat—I don't think you can possibly understand it. 1969in Halpert & Story Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland 197 They looked very smart in their trimmed pants, white shirts and high hat with ribbons and tassles.
2. Photogr. (See quot. 1930.)
1930Sel. Gloss. Motion Pict. Techn. (Acad. Motion Pict., Hollywood) 16/1 High hat, a very low camera stand. 1953Time 2 Nov. 35/2 High-hat, low camera support for ‘worm's eye’ pictures.
3. Jazz. A pair of cymbals worked by the foot. Also hi-hat.
1934E. Little Mod. Rhythmic Drumming i. xxii. 21 The ‘High-Hat’ pedal brings the cymbals within reach of the snare drum sticks. Rhythm can be played on them. 1948Metronome Nov. 28 I'd rather use the high-hat as a back beat and break up the bass rhythms. 1949L. Feather Inside Be-bop ii. 58 In the old days the drummer frequently played high hat cymbal for the second and fourth beat accents. 1956S. Traill Play that Music v. 56 Keep your hi-hat cymbals flat. 1956M. Stearns Story of Jazz (1957) xviii. 234 The left foot played the high-hat, and the right foot exploded the bass drum. 1966New Yorker 11 June 153/1 Barbarin..uses a high hat and ride cymbals to excellent effect. 1966Crescendo Dec. 27/2 A tambourine on the hi-hat..makes a jingle sound every time the hi-hat cymbals come down. 1968Ibid. Apr. 29/1 An intriguing hi-hat backing from the excellent drummer. |