high hat
Origin of high hat
1Words Nearby high hat
Other definitions for high-hat (2 of 2)
to snub or treat condescendingly.
snobbish; disdainful; haughty.
Origin of high-hat
2Other words from high-hat
- high-hatter, noun
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How to use high hat in a sentence
Now try to imagine the song with the high-hat closed through the verse.
Was The Beatles’ Music Really That Unique? Yeah, It Totally Was. | Michael Tomasky | February 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRingo kept the high-hat open most of the time in those early songs.
Was The Beatles’ Music Really That Unique? Yeah, It Totally Was. | Michael Tomasky | February 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe had already seen the one about how the kids put dynamite in the Captain's high hat.
The Boy Grew Older | Heywood BrounThere is also a hat to go with the evening costume—a high hat, which crushes in.
As A Chinaman Saw Us | AnonymousAlready the boy could take a pair of rabbits out of a high hat, or change a bunch of carrots into a bowl of goldfish.
Seeing Things at Night | Heywood Broun
Mr. Lloyd George was just behind him, for once wearing the conventional high hat instead of his usual felt.
A shabbily-genteel individual, with a red nose and an old high hat, was sipping a quiet glass of ale alone at one end of the bar.
Sister Carrie | Theodore Dreiser
British Dictionary definitions for high hat (1 of 2)
another name for top hat
British Dictionary definitions for high-hat (2 of 2)
informal snobbish and arrogant
informal, mainly US and Canadian to treat in a snobbish or offhand way
informal a snobbish person
two facing brass cymbals triggered by means of a foot pedal
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