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hat

[hat] noun, verb, hat⋅ted, hat⋅ting.
–noun
1. a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, esp. for wear outdoors.
2. Roman Catholic Church.
a. the distinctive head covering of a cardinal.
b. the office or dignity of a cardinal. Compare red hat.
–verb (used with object)
3. to provide with a hat; put a hat on.
4. hat in hand, humbly; respectfully: He approached the boss, hat in hand.
5. 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.
6. take off one's hat to, to express high regard for; praise: We took off our hats to their courage and daring.
7. 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.
8. throw or toss one's hat in or into the ring, to become a participant in a contest, esp. to declare one's candidacy for political office: His friends are urging him to throw his hat in the ring.
9. under one's hat, confidential; private; secret: I'll tell you the real story, but keep it under your hat.
10. wear two or 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.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE hætt; c. ON hǫttr hood; akin to hood 1


hatless, adjective
hat⋅less⋅ness, noun
hatlike, adjective
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hat   (hāt)   
n.  
  1. A covering for the head, especially one with a shaped crown and brim.

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

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

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

tr.v.   hat·ted, hat·ting, hats
To supply or cover with a hat.

[Middle English, from Old English hæt, hætt.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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) to take up a challenge in prize-fighting. To eat one's hat was originally To eat Old Rowley's [Charles II's] hat.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

hat
A common (spoken) name for the circumflex ("^", ASCII 94) character.
See ASCII for other synonyms.
[The Jargon File]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Bible Dictionary

Hat

Chald. karb'ela, (Dan. 3:21), properly mantle or pallium. The Revised Version renders it "tunic."

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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