hat

hat  (ht)

n.

1. A covering for the head, especially one with a shaped crown and brim.

2.

a. A head covering of distinctive color and shape worn as a symbol of office.

b. The office symbolized by the wearing of such a head covering.

3. A role or office symbolized by or as if by the wearing of different hats: wears two hatsone as parent and one as corporate executive.

tr.v. hat·ted, hat·ting, hats

To supply or cover with a hat.

Idioms:

at the drop of a hat

At the slightest pretext or provocation.

hat in hand

In a humble manner; humbly.

take (one's) hat off to

To respect, admire, or congratulate.

talk through (one's) hat

1. To talk nonsense.

2. To bluff.

throw/toss (one's) hat into the ring

To enter a political race as a candidate for office.

under (one's) hat

As a secret or in confidence: Keep this information under your hat.

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[Middle English, from Old English hæt, hætt.]

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hat

Noun

1. a head covering, often with a brim, usually worn to give protection from the weather

2. Informal a role or capacity: I'm wearing my honorary consul's hat

3. keep something under one's hat to keep something secret

4. pass the hat round to collect money for a cause

5. take off one's hat to someone to admire or congratulate someone [Old English hætt]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hat - headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim chapeau, lid busby, shako, bearskin - tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions boater, leghorn, Panama hat, straw hat, Panama, sailor, skimmer - a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown bonnet, poke bonnet - a hat tied under the chin bowler hat, derby, derby hat, plug hat, bowler - a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim brim - a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat campaign hat - a broad-brimmed felt hat with a high crown; formerly worn by the United States Army and Marine personnel cavalier hat, slouch hat - a soft felt hat with a wide flexible brim cocked hat - hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together to form points cowboy hat, ten-gallon hat - a hat with a wide brim and a soft crown; worn by American ranch hands crown - the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head deerstalker - a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by hunters dress hat, opera hat, silk hat, top hat, stovepipe, high hat, beaver, topper - a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur dunce cap, dunce's cap, fool's cap - a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils fedora, felt hat, homburg, Stetson, trilby - a hat made of felt with a creased crown fur hat - a hat made of fur hatband - a band around the crown of a hat just above the brim headdress, headgear - clothing for the head woman's hat, millinery - hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner shovel hat - a stiff broad-brimmed hat with the brim turned up at the sides and projecting in front; worn by some clergymen in Britain snap-brim hat - a hat with a snap brim sombrero - a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico sou'wester - waterproof hat with wide slanting brim longer in back than in front sun hat, sunhat - a hat with a broad brim that protects the face from direct exposure to the sun titfer - a hat (Cockney rhyming slang: `tit for tat' rhymes with `hat') toque - a tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefs tirolean, tyrolean - soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade
	2.	hat - an informal term for a person's role; "he took off his politician's hat and talked frankly" role, function, office, part - the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"
Verb	1.	hat - put on or wear a hat; "He was unsuitably hatted" bonnet - dress in a bonnet don, put on, get into, wear, assume - put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans"
	2.	hat - furnish with a hat furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

Translations

hat [hæt] n → sombrero

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hat [hæt] n → chapeau m

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hat [hæt] n → Hut m;

to keep sth under one's hat → etw für sich behalten

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hat [hæt] n → cappello