hat

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hat

US /hæt/ 
UK /hæt/ 

a covering for the head that is not part of a piece of clothing

کلاه - hat
Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

a woolly hat

Do I ​look ​ridiculous in this hat?

a cowboy hat

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

hat

hat S1 W3 /hæt/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: hæt]
1. a piece of clothing that you wear on your head:
Maria was wearing a beautiful new hat.
straw/cowboy/bowler etc hat
in a hat
a man in a fur hat
bowler-hatted/top-hatted etc (=wearing a bowler hat, top hat etc)
a bowler-hatted gentleman
2. keep something under your hat informal to keep something secret
3. be wearing your teacher’s/salesman’s etc hat (also have your teacher’s/salesman’s etc hat on) informal to be performing the duties of a teacher etc, which are not your only duties:
I’m a manager now and only put my salesman’s hat on when one of our sales reps is having real problems.
4. I take my hat off to somebody (also hats off to somebody) informal used to say you admire someone very much because of what they have done:
I take my hat off to Ian – without him we’d have never finished this project on time.
5. be drawn/pulled/picked out of the/a hat if someone’s name is drawn out of a hat, they are chosen, for example as the winner of a competition, because their name is the first one that is taken out of a container containing the names of all the people involved:
The first correct entry out of the hat on September 2nd will win a prize.
6. pass the hat around to collect money from a group of people, especially in order to buy someone a present
7. throw/toss your hat into the ring to say publicly that you will compete in an election or for a job
⇒ hard hat, old hat, ⇒ at the drop of a hat at drop2(5), ⇒ I’ll eat my hat at eat(8), ⇒ hang up your hat at hang up(3), ⇒ be talking through your hat at talk1(29)

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hat

hat [hat hats hatted hatting]   [hæt] [hæt] noun 

1. a covering made to fit the head, often with a brim, (= a flat edge that sticks out) and worn out of doors

• a straw/woolly, etc. hat 

• to put on/take off a hat 

2. (informal) a position or role, especially an official or professional role, when you have more than one such role

• I'm wearing two hats tonight— parent and teacher. 

• I'm telling you this with my lawyer's hat on, you understand. 

see also  old hat  

more at at the drop of a hat at  drop  n., I'll eat my hat at  eat, knock sb/sth into a cocked hat at  knock  v., pass the hat round/around at  pass  v., pull sth/a rabbit out of the hat at  pull  v., talk through your hat at  talk  v. 

Idioms: I take my hat off to somebody ▪ go hat in hand ▪ hats off to somebody ▪ keep something under your hat ▪ my hat ▪ out of a hat ▪ throw your hat into the ring

See also: I tip my hat to somebody ▪ go cap in hand 
 

Word Origin:

Old English hætt, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse hǫttr ‘hood’, also to hood. 
 

Thesaurus:

hat noun C

• She was wearing a straw hat. 

cap • • headgear • • beret • • bonnet • • helmet • • turban • • hood • 

have on/wear (a) hat/cap/headgear/beret/bonnet/helmet/turban

put on/take off/remove a, your, etc. hat/cap/headgear/beret/bonnet/helmet/turban 
 

Example Bank:

• He placed a battered felt hat on his head. 

• He pulled his hat down over his face. 

• The doorman tipped his hat as we entered. 

• The governor wore a cocked hat trimmed with white feathers. 

• a cowboy hat 

• a fur/straw/woolly hat 

• a hard hat 

• a riding hat 

• a sun hat 

• a top hat

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

hat / hæt / noun [ C ]

 

A1 a covering for the head that is not part of a piece of clothing:

a straw hat

a woolly hat

a wide-brimmed hat

See picture clothes 4

See picture hats used to refer to one of the various jobs or responsibilities that someone has:

For this movie, she is wearing the hats of director and actress.

This is me with my manager's hat on talking.

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