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View synonyms for high hat

high hat

1

[ hahy hat ]

noun

  1. Also hi-hat, hi hat. a set of high-hat cymbals.


high-hat

2

[ hahy-hat ]

verb (used with object)

, high-hat·ted, high-hat·ting.
  1. to snub or treat condescendingly.

adjective

  1. snobbish; disdainful; haughty.

high hat

1

noun

  1. another name for top hat


high-hat

2

adjective

  1. informal.
    snobbish and arrogant

verb

  1. informal.
    to treat in a snobbish or offhand way

noun

  1. informal.
    a snobbish person
  2. two facing brass cymbals triggered by means of a foot pedal

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Other Words From

  • high-hatter noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of high hat1

First recorded in 1885–90

Origin of high hat2

First recorded in 1915–20; v., adj. use of high hat

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Example Sentences

Now try to imagine the song with the high-hat closed through the verse.

Ringo kept the high-hat open most of the time in those early songs.

He had already seen the one about how the kids put dynamite in the Captain's high hat.

There is also a hat to go with the evening costume—a high hat, which crushes in.

Already the boy could take a pair of rabbits out of a high hat, or change a bunch of carrots into a bowl of goldfish.

Mr. Lloyd George was just behind him, for once wearing the conventional high hat instead of his usual felt.

A shabbily-genteel individual, with a red nose and an old high hat, was sipping a quiet glass of ale alone at one end of the bar.

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