hat

[ hat ]
/ hæt /

noun

a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
Roman Catholic Church.
  1. the distinctive head covering of a cardinal.
  2. the office or dignity of a cardinal.Compare red hat.

verb (used with object), hat·ted, hat·ting.

to provide with a hat; put a hat on.

Idioms for hat

Origin of hat

before 900; Middle English; Old English hætt; cognate with Old Norse hǫttr hood; akin to hood1

OTHER WORDS FROM hat

hat·less, adjective hat·less·ness, noun hat·like, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for pass the hat

hat
/ (hæt) /

noun

verb hats, hatting or hatted

(tr) to supply (a person, etc) with a hat or put a hat on (someone)

Derived forms of hat

hatless, adjective hatlike, adjective

Word Origin for hat

Old English hætt; related to Old Norse höttr cap, Latin cassis helmet; see hood 1

Idioms and Phrases with pass the hat (1 of 2)

pass the hat

Ask for financial contributions, as in Let's pass the hat so we can get her a nice going-away gift. This expression alludes to the actual practice of passing a hat around a gathering, but it is also used more figuratively, as in The board decided to pass the hat again among the corporate sponsors. [Late 1800s]

Idioms and Phrases with pass the hat (2 of 2)

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