hat

Definitions

1. A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.
2. Initialism of highest astronomical tide.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
3. A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.
   figuratively
4. butterfly pea (Clitorea ternatea)
5. Initialism of human African trypanosomiasis.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
6. Any receptacle from which names or numbers are pulled out in a lottery.
   figuratively
7. Initialism of hardware attached on top: a kind of expansion board for the Raspberry Pi computer.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
8. The lottery or draw itself.
   broadly, figuratively
9. A hat switch.
10. The circumflex symbol.
11. The háček symbol.
    nonstandard, rare
12. The caret symbol ^.
    informal
13. User rights on a website, such as the right to edit pages others cannot.
    Internet
14. A student who is also the son of a nobleman (and so allowed to wear a hat instead of a mortarboard).
    obsolete

Equivalents

77 more languages

Afrikaanshoed

አማርኛቆብ

العربيةالقبّعةبرنيطةطاقيةقبعة+ 1 more

Azərbaycan dilibaşlıqpapaqqalpaqşapka+ 1 more

Беларускаякапялю́шшапка

Българскишапка

বাংলাটুপি

Bosanskiklobukmičemunaglavakpetšapkašeširškrlaktopiкапаклобукшапкашешир+ 10 more

Catalàbarretcapell

Češtinaklobouk

Cymraeghet

Danskkasket

Ελληνικάκαπέλοπίλος

Esperantoĉapelo

Eestimüts

فارسیکلاه

Suomihattulätsä

Gaeilgehata

Gàidhligabaidad

Galegochapeupuchosombreiro

ગુજરાતીટોપી

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻipāpale

עבריתכובע

हिन्दीटोपटोपी

Hrvatskiklobukmičemunaglavakpetšapkašeširškrlaktopiкапаклобукшапкашешир+ 10 more

Magyarfejfedőkalapminőségsapkaszerep+ 2 more

Հայերենգլխարկ

Bahasa Indonesiatopi

Igbookpu

Íslenskahattur

Italianocappello

日本語帽帽子弁

ქართულიქუდი

Қазақ тілібөрікқалпақ

ភាសាខ្មែរមួក

ಕನ್ನಡಟೋಪಿ

한국어모자삽개

Kurdîhêthûtmiçemûnonpêt+ 3 more

Latinacapelluscausiamitellapetasuspileus+ 2 more

LëtzebuergeschHutt

Lingálaekoti

ລາວໝວກ

Lietuviųkepurėskrybėlė

Latviešucepuremice

Македонскикапашапка

മലയാളംതൊപ്പി

Монголмалгай

मराठीटोपी

Bahasa Melayutopiتوڤي

Maltikappell

မြန်မာဦးထုပ်

Nederlandshoedpetpetje

ਪੰਜਾਬੀٹوپیਟੋਪੀ

Polskiczapkakapelinderkapelinokapeluszkapeluszowykapelutekkłobuk+ 4 more

پښتوخولۍ

Portuguêschapéu

Românăpălărie

Русскийголовно́й убо́ршапкашляпа

Slovenčinačiapkaklobúk

Slovenščinaklobuk

Shqipkapelë

Српскиklobukmičemunaglavakpetšapkašeširškrlaktopiкапаклобукшапкашешир+ 10 more

Svenskahattmossa

Kiswahilichapeokofia

தமிழ்குல்லாதொப்பி

Тоҷикӣкулоҳ

ไทยหมวกหัวโขน

Türkmençetelpek

Tagalogsambalilosumbrero

Türkçebaşlıkkalpakşapka

ئۇيغۇرچەدوپپاشەپكەقالپاق

Українськакапелюхкапелюхашапка

اردوٹوپی

Tiếng Việtmạomumũnon+ 1 more

isiXhosaumnqwazi

中文мозы帽仔帽子

繁體中文帽仔帽子

Examples

“There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand⟳, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.”

“Denzel walks. Will Smith walks. Mark⟳ Wahlberg is wearing a hat!”

“It's all a matter⟳ of hats, Minister.”

“My mother was wearing several hats in the early fifties: hostess, scout, wife, and mother.”

“We're both in the hat: let's hope⟳ we come⟳ up against each other.”

“The third type⟳ of function allows you to check on the state of the joystick's buttons, axes, hats, and balls.”

“I’lll have⟳ to leave⟳ it up to antiques experts to tell⟳ you when objects were marked that way, but I can tell⟳ you it’s called a “hacek” (with the hat over the “c” and pronounced “hacheck”.) It is used to show⟳ that a “c” is pronounced as “ch” and an “s” as “sh.” Sometimes linguists just call⟳ it the “hat.””

“I knew intimately all the 'Hats' in the University, and I was henceforth looked up to by the 'Caps,' as if my head had gained the height of every hat that I knew.”

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