hat

hat [hat]

n.

[ME < OE hætt, akin to OFris hat, Ger hut < IE base * kadh-, to cover, protect > HOOD¹, HEED, L cassis, helmet]

1. a covering for the head, usually with a brim and a crown: sometimes distinguished from BONNET, BERET, CAP¹, etc.

2. any of the several titles, positions, jobs, roles, etc. that one person may have

vt.

hatted, hatting

to cover or provide with a hat: used chiefly in the pp.

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hat in hand

in a humble or obsequious manner; abjectly

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☆ pass the hat

to take up a collection, as at a meeting

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take one's hat off to

to salute or congratulate

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☆ talk through one's hat

Informal to make irresponsible or foolish statements; talk nonsense

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throw one's hat into the ring

to enter a contest, esp. one for political office

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☆ under one's hat

Informal strictly confidential; secret