Hat
noun
A piece of clothing for the head, often with a brim and typically made of fabric or straw.
It's sunny outside, don't forget your hat!
Often appears as...
- wear a hat
- take off one's hat
noun
A role or responsibility, especially in an organization or activity.
As a project manager, he wears many hats.
Often appears as...
- wear many hats
- switch hats
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
A distinct category, usually in a system or hierarchy.
The safety hat in this program helps prevent data loss.
Often appears as...
- data hat
- safety hat
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A piece of clothing for the head, often with a brim and typically made of fabric or straw.
It's sunny outside, don't forget your hat!
Often appears as...
- wear a hat
- take off one's hat
noun
A role or responsibility, especially in an organization or activity.
As a project manager, he wears many hats.
Often appears as...
- wear many hats
- switch hats
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
A distinct category, usually in a system or hierarchy.
The safety hat in this program helps prevent data loss.
Often appears as...
- data hat
- safety hat
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Weather Dependent
Hats are often worn based on the weather—warm hats for cold days and visored hats for sunny ones.
Grab your woolly hat, it's freezing today!
Pro Tip 2/3Social Events
Hats can be essential for social occasions such as weddings or horse races in some cultures.
She chose a fancy hat for the royal wedding.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
Certain hats symbolize professions or rank, like police hats or chefs' toques.
The conductor's hat signaled his authority on the train.
Pro Tip 1/3Weather Dependent
Hats are often worn based on the weather—warm hats for cold days and visored hats for sunny ones.
Grab your woolly hat, it's freezing today!
Pro Tip 2/3Social Events
Hats can be essential for social occasions such as weddings or horse races in some cultures.
She chose a fancy hat for the royal wedding.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
Certain hats symbolize professions or rank, like police hats or chefs' toques.
The conductor's hat signaled his authority on the train.
Pro Tip 1/3Weather Dependent
Hats are often worn based on the weather—warm hats for cold days and visored hats for sunny ones.
Grab your woolly hat, it's freezing today!
Pro Tip 2/3Social Events
Hats can be essential for social occasions such as weddings or horse races in some cultures.
She chose a fancy hat for the royal wedding.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
Certain hats symbolize professions or rank, like police hats or chefs' toques.
The conductor's hat signaled his authority on the train.
Never forget "Hat"
Humans forget easily. That's why you should download WordUp: Smart reminders, word games, AI practice, and much more!
Video examples
Drew Dudley: Everyday...
and I looked around and just knew I couldn't do it; I wasn't ready. I knew I had to quit. I made that decision and as soon as I made it, an incredible feeling of peace came over me. I turned to my mom and dad to tell them we needed to go home, and at that moment, you came out of the student union building wearing the stupidest hat I've ever seen in my life."
Video examples
The world needs all...
They can't see that stuff inside the tail. Now as I think about that, I'm pulling up all of that specific information. It's specific. See, my thinking's bottom-up. I take all the little pieces and I put the pieces together like a puzzle. Now, here is a horse that was deathly afraid of black cowboy hats. He'd been abused by somebody with a black cowboy hat.
Video examples
Making the impossible...
right that's really really big but if I said hey when I was coming in - it was cold and there was a guy outside and he looked hungry looked like he needed something to eat let's everybody chip in a buck everybody put a buck and a hat and let's go buy the guy's sandwich now we've helped one person but maybe we put
Video examples
Nationalism vs....
So as you look at what's happening today, and putting your historian's hat on, do you look back in history at moments when things were going just fine and an individual leader really took the world or their country backwards? There are quite a few examples, but I should emphasize, it's never an individual leader.
Video examples
History vs. Andrew...
Why, I've heard it said that he would fight at the drop of the hat and then drop the hat himself. I ask you, was such a man fit for the most distinguished office in the nation? Can we forget the debacle of his inauguration? Who ever heard of inviting a drunken mob into the White House?
Video examples
Adorable Tiger Cub...
you're going to pass with flying colors buddy yeah he's going to hand raise them himself at home so he can give them 24-hour care and mel the vet has come to check if they're healthy enough to leave the hat sounds really good steady beat no murmurs
Video examples
Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my...
For years, I actually only wore hats. It was a way of keeping my head attached. It was a way of locating myself. I worried that I took my hat off I wouldn't be here anymore. I actually had a therapist who once said to me,
Video examples
The art of asking PIPE...
and I love telling people I did this for a job, because everybody always wants to know, who are these freaks in real life. Hello. I painted myself white one day, stood on a box, put a hat or a can at my feet,
Video examples
He Spent 40 Years Alone...
and it goes on for nine months billy lives alone in this house he helped build here he grows his garden has an impressive hat collection
Video examples
Ants Attack Termite...
to impress a driver hat the ants penetrate deep into the nest and the residents intensify the warning
Video examples
Drew Dudley: Everyday...
and I looked around and just knew I couldn't do it; I wasn't ready. I knew I had to quit. I made that decision and as soon as I made it, an incredible feeling of peace came over me. I turned to my mom and dad to tell them we needed to go home, and at that moment, you came out of the student union building wearing the stupidest hat I've ever seen in my life."
Video examples
The world needs all...
They can't see that stuff inside the tail. Now as I think about that, I'm pulling up all of that specific information. It's specific. See, my thinking's bottom-up. I take all the little pieces and I put the pieces together like a puzzle. Now, here is a horse that was deathly afraid of black cowboy hats. He'd been abused by somebody with a black cowboy hat.
Video examples
Making the impossible...
right that's really really big but if I said hey when I was coming in - it was cold and there was a guy outside and he looked hungry looked like he needed something to eat let's everybody chip in a buck everybody put a buck and a hat and let's go buy the guy's sandwich now we've helped one person but maybe we put
Video examples
Nationalism vs....
So as you look at what's happening today, and putting your historian's hat on, do you look back in history at moments when things were going just fine and an individual leader really took the world or their country backwards? There are quite a few examples, but I should emphasize, it's never an individual leader.
Video examples
History vs. Andrew...
Why, I've heard it said that he would fight at the drop of the hat and then drop the hat himself. I ask you, was such a man fit for the most distinguished office in the nation? Can we forget the debacle of his inauguration? Who ever heard of inviting a drunken mob into the White House?
Video examples
Adorable Tiger Cub...
you're going to pass with flying colors buddy yeah he's going to hand raise them himself at home so he can give them 24-hour care and mel the vet has come to check if they're healthy enough to leave the hat sounds really good steady beat no murmurs
Video examples
Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my...
For years, I actually only wore hats. It was a way of keeping my head attached. It was a way of locating myself. I worried that I took my hat off I wouldn't be here anymore. I actually had a therapist who once said to me,
Video examples
The art of asking PIPE...
and I love telling people I did this for a job, because everybody always wants to know, who are these freaks in real life. Hello. I painted myself white one day, stood on a box, put a hat or a can at my feet,
Video examples
He Spent 40 Years Alone...
and it goes on for nine months billy lives alone in this house he helped build here he grows his garden has an impressive hat collection
Video examples
Ants Attack Termite...
to impress a driver hat the ants penetrate deep into the nest and the residents intensify the warning
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Emily Weiss
American Businesswoman
My desk is more of a place where I set my stuff, and then I move around. If I'm at the office, I'm usually wandering around to different meeting rooms all day or taking people out or making tea. I'm rarely at my desk; it's just a place to hang my hat.
Quote examples
Erma Bombeck
American Journalist
One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is.
Quote examples
Jim Justice
American Politician
Our great state is filled with heroes from all walks of life who work on the front lines to keep our neighborhoods safe and respond to a crisis at the drop of the hat.
Quote examples
Julie Andrews
English Actress
I'd say just go with the flow. And I take my hat off to any mother out there who works full-time and raises a family as well. It's hard work.
Quote examples
Guler Sabanci
Turkish Businesswoman
I wear two hats. The one is business and increasing my shareholders' value; the other is social responsibility.
Quote examples
Colleen Ballinger
American Comedian
Whenever a hater said they hated something about Miranda, I'd do it more.
Quote examples
Jenny Eclair
Comedian
I've got a hat face. My mother always said I've got a hat face.
Quote examples
Philip Treacy
Irish Designer
The personality of the wearer and the hat makes the hat.
Quote examples
MC Ren
American Rapper
That was my thing - the Raiders hats and all that.
Quote examples
Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.
Quote examples
Emily Weiss
American Businesswoman
My desk is more of a place where I set my stuff, and then I move around. If I'm at the office, I'm usually wandering around to different meeting rooms all day or taking people out or making tea. I'm rarely at my desk; it's just a place to hang my hat.
Quote examples
Erma Bombeck
American Journalist
One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is.
Quote examples
Jim Justice
American Politician
Our great state is filled with heroes from all walks of life who work on the front lines to keep our neighborhoods safe and respond to a crisis at the drop of the hat.
Quote examples
Julie Andrews
English Actress
I'd say just go with the flow. And I take my hat off to any mother out there who works full-time and raises a family as well. It's hard work.
Quote examples
Guler Sabanci
Turkish Businesswoman
I wear two hats. The one is business and increasing my shareholders' value; the other is social responsibility.
Quote examples
Colleen Ballinger
American Comedian
Whenever a hater said they hated something about Miranda, I'd do it more.
Quote examples
Jenny Eclair
Comedian
I've got a hat face. My mother always said I've got a hat face.
Quote examples
Philip Treacy
Irish Designer
The personality of the wearer and the hat makes the hat.
Quote examples
MC Ren
American Rapper
That was my thing - the Raiders hats and all that.
Quote examples
Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.
Example 1 of 10
WordUp Chrome Extension
As you browse the web instantly look up words you don’t know.
Get Chrome Extension