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hat noun 1 a covering for the head, usually worn out of doors. 2 colloq a role or capacity • wearing her vet's hat. verb (hatted, hatting) to provide someone with a hat or put a hat on someone. hatless adj. a bad hat colloq an unscrupulous person. at the drop of a hat see under drop. keep something under one's hat colloq to keep it secret. my hat! an exclamation expressing surprise or disbelief. old hat colloq so well known, familiar, etc as to be tedious and uninteresting. pass or send the hat round to collect money for a cause. take one's hat off to someone colloq to admire or praise them, especially for some particular achievement. talk through one's hat colloq 1 to talk nonsense. 2 to deceive or bluff. throw one's hat into the ring see under ring¹. wear several hats or another hat, etc to act in several roles or capacities.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon hæt.