old hat
adjective
old-fashioned; dated.
trite from having long been used or known.
Origin of old hat
First recorded in 1745–55
Words nearby old hat
old growth,
old guard,
old guardism,
old hand,
old harry,
old hat,
old high german,
old icelandic,
old identity,
old ionic,
old iranian
British Dictionary definitions for old hat
old hat
adjective
(postpositive)
old-fashioned or trite
Cultural definitions for old hat
old hat
Obsolete, old-fashioned: “Get with it, Murray; your methods are strictly old hat.”