Topic: CLOTHES
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| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | hæt |
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hat S1 W3
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[countable]1DCC a piece of clothing that you wear on your head : Maria was wearing a beautiful new hat.
Maria was wearing a beautiful new hat.3 to be performing the duties of a teacher etc, which are not your only duties : I'm a manager now and only put my salesman's hat on when one of our sales reps is having real problems.
be wearing your teacher's/salesman's etc hat
also have your teacher's/salesman's etc hat on informalI'm a manager now and only put my salesman's hat on when one of our sales reps is having real problems.4 used to say you admire someone very much because of what they have done : I take my hat off to Ian - without him we'd have never finished this project on time.
I take my hat off to somebody
also hats off to somebody informalI take my hat off to Ian - without him we'd have never finished this project on time.5 if someone's name is drawn out of a hat, they are chosen, for example as the winner of a competition, because their name is the first one that is taken out of a container containing the names of all the people involved : The first correct entry out of the hat on September 2nd will win a prize.
be drawn/pulled/picked out of the/a hat
The first correct entry out of the hat on September 2nd will win a prize.6 to collect money from a group of people, especially in order to buy someone a present
pass the hat around
➔ hard hat ➔ old hat
