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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.

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

hat [hæt]
n
1. (Clothing & Fashion)
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
at the drop of a hat without hesitation or delay
I'll eat my hat Informal I will be greatly surprised if (something that proves me wrong) happens I'll eat my hat if this book comes out late
hat in hand humbly or servilely
keep (something) under one's hat to keep (something) secret
my hat (interjection) Brit informal
a.  my word! my goodness!
b.  nonsense!
old hat something stale or old-fashioned
out of a hat
a.  as if by magic
b.  at random
pass (or send) the hat round to collect money, as for a cause
take off one's hat to to admire or congratulate
talk through one's hat
a.  to talk foolishly
b.  to deceive or bluff
throw one's hat at (it) Irish to give up all hope of getting or achieving (something) you can throw your hat at it now
throw (or toss) one's hat in the ring to announce one's intentions to be a candidate or contestant
vb hats, hatting, hatted
(Clothing & Fashion) (tr) to supply (a person, etc.) with a hat or put a hat on (someone)
[Old English hætt; related to Old Norse höttr cap, Latin cassis helmet; see hood1]
hatless  adj
hatlike  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hathat - headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
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"
Verb1.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"

hat

Hats

Akubra (Austral. trademark), anadem (poetic), babushka, Balaclava helmet or Balaclava, Balmoral or bluebonnet, bandanna or bandana, bandeau, barret, baseball cap, basinet or bascinet, beanie or beany, bearskin, beaver, beret, billycock (rare, chiefly Brit.), biretta or berretta, blackcap, bluebonnet or bluecap, boater, bonnet, bowler or (U.S. & Canad.) derby, broadbrim, busby, calash or caleche, calotte, calpac, calpack, or kalpak, capuche or capouch, castor, chaplet, cheese cutter, circlet, cloche, cloth cap, cocked hat, coif, commode, coonskin, cornet, coronet, cossack hat, crash helmet, crown, curch or curchef, deerstalker, diadem, Dolly Varden, dunce cap, earmuff, fascinator (rare), fedora, fez, flat cap, fool's cap, forage cap, frontlet or frontal, Gandhi cap, glengarry, hard hat, havelock, headband, headdress, heaume, helmet, homburg, hood, Juliet cap, keffiyeh, kaffiyeh, or kufiyah, kepi, laurels, leghorn, liberty cap, lum-hat (Scot.), mitre, mobcap or mob, montero, morion, mortarboard, trencher, or trencher cap, mutch, nightcap, opera hat or gibus, Panama hat, paper hat, peaked cap, petasus, Phrygian cap, picture hat, pillbox, pinner, pith helmet, topee, or topi, poke or poke bonnet, porkpie hat, sailor hat, sallet, salet, or salade, shako or shacko, shovel hat, shower cap, silk hat, skullcap, slouch hat, snood, sombrero, songkok, sou'wester or nor'wester, stetson, stocking cap, stovepipe, straw hat, sunbonnet, sunhat, taj, tam-o'-shanter or tammy (Scot.), tarboosh, tarbouche or tarbush, tarpaulin,, ten-gallon hat, tiara, tin hat (informal), tricorn or tricorne, toorie or tourie (Scot.), top hat, topper (informal), toque, tricorn, trilby, tuque, turban, veil, visor or vizor, watch cap, wimple, yarmulke
Translations
hat [hæt]
A. Nsombrero m
to raise one's hat (in greeting) → descubrirse
to take off one's hatquitarse el sombrero
to eat one's hat I'll eat my hat ifque me maten si ...
to hang one's hat upjubilarse
my hat!¡caramba!
that's old hateso no es nada nuevo
to pass the hat roundpasar el platillo
to take one's hat off to sbquitarse el sombrero or descubrirse ante algn
I take my hat off to himme descubro ante él
to talk through one's hatdecir disparates or tonterías
to keep sth under one's hatno decir palabra sobre algo
keep it under your hatde esto no digas ni pío
to wear two hatsejercer un doble papel
now wearing my other hat ashablando ahora en mi otra calidad de ...
see also ring 1 A4
B. CPD hat rack Nperchero m
hat shop Nsombrerería f
hat stand, hat tree (US) Nperchero m
hat trick N (Ftbl, Rugby etc) (= three goals etc) → tres tantos mpl or goles mpl en un partido; (= three consecutive wins) → serie f de tres victorias, tres triunfos mpl seguidos
to get or score a hat-trickmarcar tres tantos or goles en un partido

hat [ˈhæt] nchapeau m
to keep sth under one's hat → garder qch pour soi
at the drop of a hat → sans hésiter
to be old hat → être dépassé(e)
to take one's hat off to sb → tirer son chapeau à qn
hats off to her! → je lui tire mon chapeau!
to talk through one's hat → parler à tort et à travers
to pass the hat round (British) to pass the hat (US) (= collect money) → faire la quête

hat
n
Hut m; (of cook)Mütze f; to put on one’s hatden or seinen Hut aufsetzen; to take one’s hat offden Hut abnehmen; (for greeting also) → den Hut ziehen (to sb vor jdm); hats off!Hut ab!; my hat! (dated inf)dass ich nicht lache! (inf)
(fig) he’s a bad hat (dated inf)er ist ein übler Patron (dated inf); I’ll eat my hat if …ich fresse einen Besen, wenn … (inf); I take my hat off to himHut ab vor ihm!; hats off to them for supporting usHut ab vor ihnen, dass sie uns unterstützt haben; to talk through one’s hat (inf)dummes Zeug reden; to keep something under one’s hat (inf)etw für sich behalten; at the drop of a hatauf der Stelle, ohne Weiteres; to toss one’s hat in the ringsich am politischen Reigen beteiligen; (non-political) → sich einschalten; that’s old hat (inf)das ist ein alter Hut (inf); they’re all pretty old hat (inf)das sind doch alles olle Kamellen (inf); to pass round the hat for somebodyfür jdn sammeln or den Hut rumgehen lassen (inf); with my accountant’s hat on I would say … (inf)als Buchhalter würde ich sagen; he wears several different hats (inf)er übt mehrere Funktionen aus

hat:
hatband
nHutband nt
hatbox
nHutschachtel f

hat:
hatless
adjohne Hut
hatpin
nHutnadel f
hat rack
nHutablage f

hat [hæt] ncappello
to pass the hat round (fig) → fare la colletta
I take my hat off to him (fig) → gli faccio tanto di cappello
to keep sth under one's hat (fig) → tenere qc per sé
keep it under your hat! → acqua in bocca!
to talk through one's hat (fam) → dire delle stupidaggini
that's old hat! (fam) → sono storie vecchie!
hat [hæt] ncappello
to pass the hat round (fig) → fare la colletta
I take my hat off to him (fig) → gli faccio tanto di cappello
to keep sth under one's hat (fig) → tenere qc per sé
keep it under your hat! → acqua in bocca!
to talk through one's hat (fam) → dire delle stupidaggini
that's old hat! (fam) → sono storie vecchie!

hat
n hat [hӕt]
a covering for the head, usually worn out of doors He raised his hat as the lady approached. hoed قُبَّعَه шапка klobouk hue; hat der Hut καπέλο sombrero kübar كلاه hattu chapeau כּוֹבַע टोपी šešir, klobuk kalap topi hattur cappello 帽子 모자 skrybėlė, kepurė cepure; platmale topi hoed hatt, hodeplagg kapelusz chapéu pălărie шляпа klobúk klobuk šešir hatt หมวก şapka 帽子 капелюх, шапка یوروپی وضع کی ٹوپی
n hatter
a person who makes or sells hats. hoedemaker, hoedeverkoper صانِع أو بائِع القُبَّعات шапкар klouboučník, -ice modist; hattemager der Hutmacher καπελάς sombrerero kübarsepp, mütsikaupmees كلاه فروش hatuntekijä chapelier/-ière כּוֹבַעַן टोपी विक्रेता klobucar kalapos pembuat topi hattari cappellaio 帽子屋 모자 제조인 skrybėlininkas, kepurininkas cepurnieks penjual dan pembuat topi hoedenverkoper hattemaker modystka, kapelusznik chapeleiro pălărier шляпный мастер; торговец шляпами klobučník, -čka klobučar šeširdžija hattmakare คนที่ทำ ขาย และซ่อมแซมหมวก şapkacı 制帽的人 капелюшний майстер; торговець капелюхами ٹوپیاں بنانے والا اور بیچنے والا người làm hoặc bán mũ
hat trick
(in football) three goals scored by one player in a match. driekuns ثَلاث أهْداف يُسَجِّلُها لاعب واحِد хеттрик hattrick hattrick der Hat-Trick σκοράρισμα τριών γκολ από έναν παίκτη σε έναν αγώνα tres goles marcados por un mismo jugador en un partido kübaratrikk زدن سه گل توسط یک بازیکن در یک مسابقه hattutemppu trois buts marqués par le même joueur נִיצָחון מְשוּלָש (फुटबाल में) लगातार तीन गोल postizavanje tri zgoditka u jednom susretu mesterhármas mencetak tiga gol þrenna tripletta ハットトリック 해트 트릭 trys vieno žaidėjo įmušti įvarčiai tose pačiose rungtynėse tiga gol berturut-turut hattrick hat trick hat trick três golos hat-trick, marcare a trei goluri într-un meci хет-трик hattrick trikratni zaporedni zadetek istega igralca tri gola jednog igrača hat trick ผู้ที่ทำประตูได้ 3 ประตูต่อเกม üçlük (足球)帽子戲法(同一球員踢進三球) три м'яча, забитих одним гравцем کھیل میں تین بار کسی کو آؤٹ کرنا یا گول مارنا ghi ba bàn thắng trong một trận đấu
keep (something) under one's hat
to keep (something) secret Keep it under your hat but I'm getting married next week. hou dit dig يُخْفي سِرّاً държа в тайна nechat si to pro sebe holde hemmeligt etwas für sich behalten κρατώ κτ. κρυφό guardar un secreto (midagi) oma teada hoidma مخفی نگه داشتن pitää omana tietonaan garder pour soi לִשמוֹר בְּסוֹד गुप्त रखना tajiti, ne odati tajnu titokban tart merahasiakan halda leyndu (mantenere il segreto) 秘密にする 비밀로 하다 laikyti ką paslaptyje turēt kaut ko slepenībā merahsiakan sst 't geheim houden holde noe for seg selv zachować (coś) w tajemnicy guardar segredo a ţine secret хранить (что-л.) в секрете nechať si to pre seba obdržati zase čuvati tajnu hålla tyst om เก็บความลับ kimseye söylememek 保密 тримати в секреті خفیہ رکھنا giữ bí mật điều gì
pass/send round the hat
to ask for or collect money on someone's behalf. met die hoed rondgaan, 'n kollekte hou يَجْمَع مالا بالنيابَة عن شَخْصٍ آخر събирам пари за vybírat na lade hatten gå rundt Beiträge sammeln κάνω έρανο, βγάζω δίσκο pasar el platillo/la gorra; hacer una colecta raha korjama اعانه گردآوری کردن kerätä kolehti faire la quête לְבָקֵש נְדָבוֹת किसी की तरफ से धन जमा करने के लिए कहना sakupljati priloge nakon ulicnog nastupa ili za dobrotvorne svrhe tányéroz mengumpulkan uang safna fjárframlögum fare una colletta 寄付を集める 기부금을 모으다 rinkti aukas laist cepuri apkārt (vācot naudu) memungut derma een collecte houden, geld inzamelen la hatten rundt urządzić zbiórkę fazer um peditório a face chetă собирать пожертвования vyberať na pobirati denarne prispevke skupljati prilog skicka omkring hatten (håven), göra en insamling ผู้เก็บเงิน birisi adına para toplamak 募捐 пускати шапку по колу چندہ اکٹھا کرنا đi quyên tiền
take one's hat off to
to admire (someone) for doing something. hoed afhaal vir iemand يُعْجَبُ، يَرْفَعُ قُبَّعَتَه إكْبارا свалям шапка на smeknout před tage hatten af for den Hut ziehen vor βγάζω σε κπ. το καπέλο descubrirse ante mütsi maha võtma تحسین کردن nostaa hattua tirer son chapeau à מֵסִיר אֶת הַכּוֹבָע לִפנֵי- किसी चीज के लिए किसी की प्रशंसा करना diviti se nekomu, odati priznanje leemeli a kalapot vki előtt mengagumi taka ofan af fyrir fare tanto di cappello a 敬意を表す ...에게 경의를 표하다 lenkti galvą prieš ką nors apbrīnot (kādu par kaut ko) mengangkat topi utk memberi hormat pd zijn hoed afnemen voor ta av seg hatten for podziwiać admirar a-şi scoate pălăria în faţa... преклоняться перед (кем-л.) zložiť klobúk pred sneti klobuk pred kom skidati kapu lyfta på hatten för ชื่นชม şapka çıkarmak, bravo demek 表示欽佩 схиляти голову перед кимось تسلیم کرنا thán phục ...(
talk through one's hat
to talk nonsense. kaf praat, deur jou nek praat يَتَكَلَّمُ كَلاماً فارِغا говоря глупости mluvit páté přes deváté tale sort faseln λέω ανοησίες decir tonterías lollusi rääkima چرت و پرت گفتن puhua läpiä päähänsä parler à tort et à travers לְדַבֵּר שׁטוּיוֹת मूर्खतापूर्ण बातें कहना govoriti gluposti, lagati halandzsázik omong kosong bulla, þvæla dire fesserie ばかげたことを言う 허풍떨다 niekus pliaukšti gvelzt muļķības merepek-repek nonsens verkopen, onzin praten, kletsen vrøvle, snakke tull pleść głupstwa disparatar a vor­bi aiurea/vrute şi nevrute нести чушь hovoriť piate cez deviate širokoustiti se govoriti gluposti prata i nattmössan เรื่องไร้สาระ kafadan atmak, sallamak 胡說八道 нести нісенітницю بکواس کرنا huênh hoang ,(俚)

hat قبعة klobouk hat Hut καπέλο sombrero hattu chapeau šešir cappello 帽子 모자 hoed hatt kapelusz chapéu шапка hatt หมวก şapka cái mũ 帽子


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