hat

Definitions


[hat], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a shaped covering for the head worn for warmth, as a fashion item, or as part of a uniform
(e.g: a black straw hat)


Phrases:
- be all hat and no cattle
- hats off to —
- keep something under one's hat
- pass the hat round
- pick something out of a hat
- take one's hat off to
- throw one's hat in the ring

Origin:
Old English hætt, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse hǫttr ‘hood’, also to hood




definition by Oxford Dictionaries