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noun

a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.

Roman Catholic Church.

the distinctive head covering of a cardinal.

the office or dignity of a cardinal. Compare red hat.

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verb (used with object)

to provide with a hat; put a hat on.

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to spend time idly; loaf.

to run away hurriedly; flee.

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Idioms

hat in hand, humbly; respectfully: He approached the boss, hat in hand.

pass the hat, to ask for contributions of money, as for charity; take up a collection: The lodge members passed the hat to send underprivileged children to summer camp.

take off one's hat to, to express high regard for; praise: We took off our hats to their courage and daring.

talk through one's hat, to speak without knowing the facts; make unsupported or incorrect statements: He is talking through his hat when he says he'll make the team.

throw/toss/ one's hat in/into the ring, to become a participant in a contest, especially to declare one's candidacy for political office: His friends are urging him to throw his hat in the ring.

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under one's hat, confidential; private; secret: I'll tell you the real story, but keep it under your hat.

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wear two/several hats, to function in more than one capacity; fill two or more positions: He wears two hats, serving as the company's comptroller as well as its chief executive officer.

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Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English hætt; cognate with Old Norse hǫttr hood; akin to hood¹

Related forms

hat·less, adjective

hat·less·ness, noun

hat·like, adjective

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Example Sentences

My grandfather, for some reason, wore a hat to meals.

Grab your cowboy hat and hit the rodeo in this wild west town.

The hat with the fake bottom, which conceals a rabbit.

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My grandfather, for some reason, wore a hat to meals.

Grab your cowboy hat and hit the rodeo in this wild west town.

The hat with the fake bottom, which conceals a rabbit.

Gutchess tells people as she goes about her work, and this woman wears a large hat in a movie theater.

The praisee then has to wear a silly hat for a week.

The ultimate hat for rain, whether drizzle or downpour.

Google throws its hat into the social-networking ring, this time with a smoother user interface and a focus on mobile gadgets.

The much-maligned theory of phrenology gets a tip of the hat from modern neuroscience.

The border search comes on the heels of two similar incidents targeting other white hat hackers.

If your coat does not have a hood, then a hat is essential.

In windy areas, a stiff gale can knock a flat hat off a cowboy's head, so he may prefer the steadier taco hat.

Kennedy was the last president to wear the traditional stovetop hat to his inauguration.

Yet another major electronics manufacturer may throw its hat into the tablet ring this summer according to a recent report.

It's bad enough that respectable nouns turn into verbs, and vice versa, at the drop of a hat.

It might be alluring, but a rare flower hat jelly's lilac-tipped fringe can deliver a painful sting.

Arcimboldo's bowl of vegetables becomes a whimsical portrait of a man's head, complete with a serving-bowl hat.

His eyes light up as he's describing something, even though to him it may be old hat.

They all have their own reasons for not officially throwing their hat into the ring.

He stuffed burning rope under his hat to make himself look more ferocious and menacing.

But images of him exist without that particular coat and hat.

Finding the right balance, however, is where my other hat comes into play.

Into this scene calmly strode a tall man in a sweat-stained red shirt and a tan bush hat.

Watts had finally found something to hang his hat on.

Geronimo paraded there, wearing a top hat and riding in a convertible.

Dealing with budget cuts, even steep ones, is old hat for professors and the unions that represent them.

At the same time, it raised calls for security researchers to steal a trick from their black hat counterparts.

Kid gloves still concealed the hands, and a black hat lay smashed deep inside the pit.

Poe is a magician who pulls lines out of his hat and then for our added pleasure explains how it's done.

They will apologise to any one at the drop of a hat to gain a benefit.

The soldier with a red-starred hat badge or the sailor carrying a red flag were good sellers.

His suggestion that our universe may be a simulation run on the computer of an alien civilization is also old hat.

The marxist conspiracists crawl out of the woodwork at the drop of a hat.

She wears her hard hat straight on, with her chestnut hair flowing down behind.

He is wearing a yellow hard hat adorned with patriotic flags and decals.

Sheridan dashed forward, waving his hat so the troops would see him.

Romney will probably throw his gay-hatin' hat in the ring again.

Charlie presided over the museum in a straw hat and an alligator tooth necklace, carrying a staff carved as a snake.

So only the ones that feel somewhat confident in their results throw their hat into the ring.

She then donned a pair of green spectacles and a top hat.

It's a kind of magic act that works best when a student pulls the rabbit out of the hat.

Every player submits three or so names of famous people or fictional characters to a hat.

Setting a standard for hat sizing comes to my mind.

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World English Dictionary

hat (hæt)

—n
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 without hesitation or delay
4.	informal I'll eat my hat I will be greatly surprised if (something that proves me wrong) happens: I'll eat my hat if this book comes out late
5.	hat in hand humbly or servilely
6.	keep something under one's hat to keep something secret
7.	informal (Brit) (interjection) my hat
	a. my word! my goodness!
	b. nonsense!
8.	old hat something stale or old-fashioned
9.	out of a hat
	a. as if by magic
	b. at random
10.	pass the hat round, send the hat round to collect money, as for a cause
11.	take off one's hat to to admire or congratulate
12.	talk through one's hat
	a. to talk foolishly
	b. to deceive or bluff
13.	(Irish) throw one's hat at it to give up all hope of getting or achieving something: you can throw your hat at it now
14.	throw one's hat in the ring, toss one's hat in the ring to announce one's intentions to be a candidate or contestant

—vb , hats, hatting, hatted
15.	(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*

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Word Origin & History

hat

O.E. hæt "hat, head covering," from P.Gmc. *khattuz "hood, cowl" (cf. O.N. hattr), from PIE base *kadh- "cover, protect" (cf. Lith. kudas "tuft or crest of a bird," L. cassis "helmet"). Now, "head covering with a more or less horizontal brim." To throw one's hat in the ring was originally (1847)

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to take up a challenge in prize-fighting. To eat one's hat was originally To eat Old Rowley's [Charles II's] hat.

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