hat

Noun · Verb
US[hat]/hæt/1 syllable
Synonyms: chapeaulid

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)hats

  1. headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brimSynonyms: chapeaulidType of headdress, headgearKinds boater, bonnet, fedora, cowboy hat, snap-brim hat, dunce cap, cocked hat, bearskin, campaign hat, cavalier hat +13 moreParts crown, hatband, brim
  2. an informal term for a person's role“he took off his politician's hat and talked frankly”Type of function, office

Verb (2)hatted, hatting, hats, hated, hating

  1. put on or wear a hat“He was unsuitably hatted”More general wear, put onMore specific bonnet
  2. furnish with a hatMore general supply, provide

Related words chapeau noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Hat (hät), adjective

Hot. obsolete Geoffrey Chaucer

Hat,

sing. pres. of Hote to be called. Cf. Hatte. obsolete “That one hat abstinence.” Vision of Piers Plowman

Hat (hăt), noun

Origin: AS. hæt, hætt; akin to Dan. hat, Sw. hatt, Icel. hattr a hat, höttr hood, D. hoed hat, G. hut, OHG. huot, and prob. to L. cassis helmet. √13. Cf. Hood.

A covering for the head; esp., one with a crown and brim, made of various materials, and worn by men or women for protecting the head from the sun or weather, or for ornament.

Hat block, a block on which hats are formed or dressed. — To pass around the hat, to take up a collection of voluntary contributions, which are often received in a hat. colloquial James Russell Lowell

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

hat

A common (spoken) name for the circumflex ("^", ASCII 94) character.

See ASCII for other synonyms. [Jargon File]

The Jargon File

hat n.

Common (spoken) name for the circumflex (‘^’, ASCII 1011110) character. See ASCII for other synonyms.

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