A hat is a head covering, often with a brim round it, which is usually worn out of doors to give protection from the weather.
2. countable noun
If you say that someone is wearing a particular hat, you mean that they are performing a particular role at that time. If you say that they wear several hats, you mean that they have several roles or jobs.
...putting on my nationalistic hat.
...various problems, including too many people wearing too many hats.
3.
See at the drop of a hat
4.
See keep sth under your hat
5.
See old hat
6.
See pass the hat (around)
7.
See to take your hat off to someone
8.
See hats off to sb
9.
See pull sth out of a hat
10.
See draw/pick/pull sth out of a hat
11. to knock something into a cocked hat
hat in British English
(hæt)
noun
1.
a.
any of various head coverings, esp one with a brim and a shaped crown
b.
(in combination)
hatrack
2. informal
a role or capacity
3. at the drop of a hat
4. I'll eat my hat
5. hat in hand
6. keep something under one's hat
7. my hat
8. old hat
9. out of a hat
10. pass the hat round
11. take off one's hat to
12. talk through one's hat
13. throw one's hat at it
14. throw one's hat in the ring
verbWord forms: hats, hatting or hatted
15. (transitive)
to supply (a person, etc) with a hat or put a hat on (someone)
Derived forms
hatless (ˈhatless)
adjective
hatlessness (ˈhatlessness)
noun
hatlike (ˈhatˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
Old English hætt; related to Old Norse höttr cap, Latin cassis helmet; see hood1
hat in American English
(hæt)
noun
1.
a covering for the head, usually with a brim and a crown
see also bonnet, beret, UNRESOLVED CROSS REF
2.
any of the several titles, positions, jobs, roles, etc. that one person may have
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈhatted or ˈhatting
3.
to cover or provide with a hat
used chiefly in the pp.
Idioms:
hat in hand
pass the hat
take one's hat off to
talk through one's hat
throw one's hat into the ring
under one's hat
Word origin
ME < OE hætt, akin to OFris hat, Ger hut < IE base *kadh-, to cover, protect > hood1, heed, L cassis, helmet
Some of the north wing is too dangerous to enter without a hard hat.
The Sun (2016)
He surprised me by handing me his hat.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You have to take your hat off to him.
The Sun (2017)
His victories are depicted in iron crosses notched inside the brim of the hat.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
So she decided to trek for help, wearing a parka coat, a woolly hat and hiking boots.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
What I wouldn't give for a hat.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
People know that magicians put the rabbits in the hat before pulling it out.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There were felt hats on fashionable heads in all four cities this season.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Why do you have a hard hat?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Yet this argument could already be old hat.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The mayor took me out shopping and bought me some fantastic cowboy boots and a cowboy hat.
The Sun (2009)
He was given a new hat as a present.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
None has yet dared to give him a woolly hat as a present.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Your hat can save one life but your voice can save millions.
The Sun (2008)
He would always take off his hat and bow.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He was no stranger to hardship brim of his hat.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Then he put his hat back on and made his way home.
Christianity Today (2000)
We do seem to throw away winning positions at the throw of a hat.
The Sun (2009)
Will he throw his hat into the ring?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We want to be in the hat for round three.
The Sun (2014)
He had a woolly hat pulled down over his face.
The Sun (2014)
There are heads with hats and heads without.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The crew wore hard hats but no safety harnesses as they balanced on the flimsy narrow structure.
The Sun (2015)
This silly thing that we are macho and we play football is very old hat.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He wore the cowboy hat and he had a beard.
Max Arthur Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who WereThere (2006)
Hats give people a passport to show off.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
At night it became so cold that some of the men would sleep in woolly hats.
Oliver Poole BLACK KNIGHTS: On the Bloody Road to Baghdad (2003)
My mother used to do the cleaning of the upper rooms in our house wearing a hat and coat.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
On the one hand, beanie hats are just another essential component of winter.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Otherwise, many of us wear hats to keep the light from hurting our eyes.
The Sun (2012)
The future foreign secretary had not met him before, was not sure what he looked like and almost handed him his hat.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In other languages
hat
British English: hat /hæt/ NOUN
A hat is a covering that you wear on your head.
...a woman in a red hat.
American English: hat
Arabic: قُبَّعَةٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: chapéu
Chinese: 帽子
Croatian: šešir
Czech: klobouk
Danish: hat
Dutch: hoed
European Spanish: sombrero
Finnish: hattu
French: chapeau
German: Hut
Greek: καπέλο
Italian: cappello
Japanese: 帽子
Korean: 모자
Norwegian: hatt
Polish: kapelusz
European Portuguese: chapéu
Romanian: pălărie
Russian: шапка
Latin American Spanish: sombrero
Swedish: hatt
Thai: หมวก
Turkish: şapka
Ukrainian: шапка
Vietnamese: mũ
All related terms of 'hat'
hi-hat
→ high-hat (sense 3 )
my hat
my word! my goodness !
re-hat
to assign a new designation to (a soldier ), for example when installing a national army as UN peacekeepers
lum-hat
a top hat
old hat
If you say that something or someone is old hat , you mean that they have existed or been known for a long time, and they have become uninteresting and boring .
red hat
the broad-brimmed crimson hat given to cardinals as the symbol of their rank and office
sun hat
A sun hat is a wide-brimmed hat that protects your head from the sun.
tin hat
a steel helmet worn by military personnel for protection against small metal fragments
top hat
A top hat is a man's tall hat with a narrow brim. Top hats are now worn only on special occasions, for example at some weddings .
black hat
a computer hacker who carries out illegal malicious hacking work
brass hat
a top-ranking official , esp a military officer
felt hat
a soft hat made of felt
hard hat
A hard hat is a hat made from a hard material, which people wear to protect their heads on building sites or in factories , or when riding a horse .
hat shop
a shop that sell hats
hat stand
a frame or pole equipped with hooks or arms for hanging up hats , coats, etc
hat tree
a stand with arms or hooks to hold hats , coats , etc.
hat-trick
A hat-trick is a series of three achievements, especially in a sports event, for example three goals scored by the same person in a football game.
high hat
a snobbish person
opera hat
a collapsible top hat operated by a spring
party hat
a hat , often made of paper, worn at a party
pixie hat
a hat , usually knitted , that comes to a point
plug hat
a man's stiff hat such as a bowler or top hat
silk hat
a man's top hat covered with silk
soft hat
a hat made from soft rather than stiff and structured materials
straw-hat
designating , of, or having to do with a summer theater or summer theaters
white hat
a computer hacker who is hired by an organization to undertake nonmalicious hacking work in order to discover computer-security flaws
bobble hat
A bobble hat is a woollen hat with a bobble on it.
bowler hat
A bowler hat is a round, hard , black hat with a narrow brim, worn in the past especially by British businessmen .
cocked hat
A cocked hat is a hat with three corners that used to be worn with some uniforms .
cossack hat
a warm brimless hat of fur or sheepskin
cowboy hat
a wide-brimmed hat as worn by cowboys
Panama hat
A panama hat or a panama is a hat, worn especially by men , that is woven from the leaves of a palm-like plant and worn when it is sunny .
picture hat
a decorated hat with a very wide brim , esp as worn by women in paintings by Gainsborough and Reynolds
porkpie hat
a hat with a round flat crown and a brim that can be turned up or down
safari hat
a wide brimmed hat with a chin strap
sailor hat
a hat with a flat round crown and fairly broad brim that is rolled upwards
scarlet hat
a cardinal's hat
shovel hat
a black felt hat worn by some clergymen , with a brim rolled up to resemble a shovel in shape
slouch hat
any soft hat with a brim that can be pulled down over the ears , esp an Australian army hat with the left side of the brim turned up
Medicine Hat
city in SE Alberta , Canada : pop. 47,000
stovepipe hat
a man's tall silk hat
chimneypot hat
a man's hat with a tall cylindrical crown and narrow brim , often made of silk , now worn for some formal occasions
hat in hand
humbly or servilely
pass the hat
to collect money for someone or something
out of a hat
as if by magic
ten-gallon hat
(in the US and Canada ) a cowboy's broad-brimmed felt hat with a very high crown
tip one's hat
to take off, raise, or touch one's hat in salutation
top-hat scheme
a pension scheme for the senior executives of an organization
wide-awake hat
a hat with a low crown and very wide brim
bad egg
a bad person
Chinese translation of 'hat'
hat
(hæt)
n(c)
帽子 (màozi) (顶, dǐng)
to keep sth under one's hat对(對)某事保守秘(祕)密 (duì mǒushì bǎoshǒu mìmì)
at the drop of a hat毫不迟(遲)疑地 (háo bù chíyí de)
that's old hat now那已经(經)过(過)时(時)了 (nà yǐjīng guòshí le)
to take one's hat off to sb向某人表示赞(讚)赏(賞) (xiàng mǒurén biǎoshì zànshǎng)
to talk through one's hat胡说(說) (húshuō)
All related terms of 'hat'
top hat
大礼(禮)帽 dàlǐmào [ 顶 dǐng ]
bowler hat
圆(圓)顶(頂)硬礼(禮)帽 yuándǐng yìng lǐmào [ 顶 dǐng ]
that's old hat now
那已经(經)过(過)时(時)了 nà yǐjīng guòshí le
at the drop of a hat
毫不迟(遲)疑地 háo bù chíyí de
to talk through one's hat
胡说(說) húshuō
to keep sth under one's hat
对(對)某事保守秘(祕)密 duì mǒushì bǎoshǒu mìmì
to take one's hat off to sb
向某人表示赞(讚)赏(賞) xiàng mǒurén biǎoshì zànshǎng
the man with the grey hat/blue eyes
戴着(著)灰帽子/有蓝(藍)眼睛的男人 dàizhe huī màozi/yǒu lán yǎnjing de nánrén