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 talk through one's 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 talk through one's hat (1 of 2)

talk through one's hat

Talk nonsense; also, hold forth about something one knows very little about. For example, He was talking through his hat when he described the shipwreck, or Mother went on and on about various screwdrivers but in fact she was talking through her hat. The allusion in this idiom makes no sense either, which may be the point. [Late 1800s]

Idioms and Phrases with talk through one's hat (2 of 2)

hat