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hat

UK/hat/ US/hæt/ common informal
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

1.

headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim

Synonyms
2.

an informal term for a person''s role

  • “he took off his politician”

verb

1.

put on or wear a hat

  • “He was unsuitably hatted”
2.

furnish with a hat

Origin

From Middle English hat, from Old English hætt, from Proto-Germanic *hattuz (“hat”), perhaps from a late PIE root Proto-Indo-European *kedʰ- (“to guard, cover, care for, protect”) or wanderwort. Cognate with North Frisian and Danish hat (“hat”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish hatt (“hat”), Icelandic hattur (“hat”), Finnish hattu (“hat”), Latin cassis (“helmet”), Lithuanian kudas (“bird's crest or tuft”), Avestan 𐬑𐬀𐬊𐬛𐬀 (xaoda, “hat”), Persian خود (xud, “helmet”), Welsh cadw (“to provide for, ensure”). Compare also hood. Verb sense 4 derives from a common English Wikipedia template used to collapse disruptive discussions, {{Hidden archive top}}, abbreviated as {{hat}}.

Phrases

  • 10-gallon hat Terms derived from hat (noun)
  • Abraham Lincoln hat Terms derived from hat (noun)
  • Akubra hat Terms derived from hat (noun)
  • all hat and no cattle Terms derived from hat (noun)
  • all hat and no cowboy Terms derived from hat (noun)
  • Alpine hat Terms derived from hat (noun)
  • America's Hat Terms derived from hat (noun)
  • angel hat Terms derived from hat (noun)

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