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 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.
seealsoOLDHAT
IDIOMS
go hat in hand (to sb) (AmE) = GOCAPINHAND
keep sth under your hat (informal) to keep sth secret and not tell anyone else
my hat (old-fashioned, BrE) used to express surprise
out of a / the hat if sth such as a name is picked out of a/the hat, it is picked at RANDOM from a container into which all the names are put, so that each name has an equal chance of being picked, in a competition, etc.
I take my hat off to sb
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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