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noun ADJ. broad-brimmed, wide-brimmed | floppy | battered | pointed | fur, straw, woollen, woolly | bobble, bowler, hard, panama, party, peaked, picture, riding, sun (also sunhat), ten-gallon, three-cornered, top VERB + HAT don, place He placed a battered felt hat on his head. | doff, remove | raise, tip, touch The doorman tipped his hat as we entered. HAT + VERB be trimmed with sth The governor wore a cocked hat trimmed with white feathers. HAT + NOUN box | shop | stand PHRASES pull a hat (down) over your ears/eyes/faceCLOTHES
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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In addition to the idioms beginning with HAT, Also see AT THE DROP OF A HAT; BRASS HAT; EAT ONE'S HAT; HANG ON TO YOUR HAT; HANG UP (ONE'S HAT); HARD HAT; HATS OFF TO; KEEP UNDER ONE'S HAT; PASS THE HAT; PULL OUT OF A HAT; TAKE ONE'S HAT OFF TO; TALK THROUGH ONE'S HAT; THROW ONE'S HAT IN THE RING; WEAR ANOTHER HAT. Also see under CAP.
American Heritage Idioms