HAT (hatted, hatting)

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Irregular inflected forms: hatted    , hatting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hat mean? 

• HAT (noun)
  The noun HAT has 2 senses:

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

2. an informal term for a person's role

  Familiarity information: HAT used as a noun is rare.

• HAT (verb)
  The verb HAT has 2 senses:

1. put on or wear a hat

2. furnish with a hat

  Familiarity information: HAT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chapeau; hat; lid

Hypernyms ("hat" is a kind of...):

headdress; headgear (clothing for the head)

Meronyms (parts of "hat"):

hatband (a band around the crown of a hat just above the brim)

crown (the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head)

brim (a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hat"):

boater; leghorn; Panama; Panama hat; sailor; skimmer; straw hat (a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown)

tirolean; tyrolean (soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade)

toque (a tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefs)

titfer (a hat (Cockney rhyming slang: 'tit for tat' rhymes with 'hat'))

sun hat; sunhat (a hat with a broad brim that protects the face from direct exposure to the sun)

sou'wester (waterproof hat with wide slanting brim longer in back than in front)

sombrero (a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico)

snap-brim hat (a hat with a snap brim)

shovel hat (a stiff broad-brimmed hat with the brim turned up at the sides and projecting in front; worn by some clergymen in Britain)

millinery; woman's hat (hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner)

fur hat (a hat made of fur)

fedora; felt hat; homburg; Stetson; trilby (a hat made of felt with a creased crown)

dunce's cap; dunce cap; fool's cap (a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils)

beaver; dress hat; high hat; opera hat; silk hat; stovepipe; top hat; topper (a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur)

deerstalker (a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by hunters)

cowboy hat; ten-gallon hat (a hat with a wide brim and a soft crown; worn by American ranch hands)

cocked hat (hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together to form points)

cavalier hat; slouch hat (a soft felt hat with a wide flexible brim)

campaign hat (a broad-brimmed felt hat with a high crown; formerly worn by the United States Army and Marine personnel)

bowler; bowler hat; derby; derby hat; plug hat (a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim)

bonnet; poke bonnet (a hat tied under the chin)

bearskin; busby; shako (tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions)

Derivation:

hat (put on or wear a hat)

hat (furnish with a hat)

hatter (someone who makes and sells hats)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An informal term for a person's role

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

he took off his politician's hat and talked frankly

Hypernyms ("hat" is a kind of...):

function; office; part; role (the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group)

• HAT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put on or wear a hat

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

He was unsuitably hatted

Hypernyms (to "hat" is one way to...):

assume; don; get into; put on; wear (put clothing on one's body)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hat"):

bonnet (dress in a bonnet)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Furnish with a hat

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "hat" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

Then, pray tell me what it is that you can infer from this hat?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Observing his second daughter employed in trimming a hat, he suddenly addressed her with: I hope Mr. Bingley will like it, Lizzy.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“Halloa! Lestrade seems to have observed something of interest. Put on your hat, Watson, and we will stroll down together to Westminster.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My companion ordered him to wait, and had his hand upon the knocker, when the door opened and a grave young gentleman in black, with a very shiny hat, appeared on the step.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was a close and stifling little shop; full of all sorts of clothing, made and unmade, including one window full of beaver-hats and bonnets.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"I'm glad of it!" muttered Jo, tying on her hat with a jerk.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Some of them were just like the peasants at home or those I saw coming through France and Germany, with short jackets and round hats and home-made trousers; but others were very picturesque.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Only for an instant he hesitated, then his hand went up and his hat came off.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Every one that we met seemed to know him, and their hats flew from their heads as we passed.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is a noble prayer, he remarked, putting on his hat again, and it was taught to me by the noble Chandos himself.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)