high hat

¹

[hahy hat]

noun

1. top hat.

2. table tripod.

3. Also hi-hat, hi hat a set of high-hat cymbals.

high-hat

²

[hahy-hat]

verb (used with object)

high-hatted, high-hatting 

1. to snub or treat condescendingly.

adjective

1. snobbish; disdainful; haughty.

high-hat

¹

adjective

1. informal,  snobbish and arrogant

verb

1. informal,  to treat in a snobbish or offhand way

noun

1. informal,  a snobbish person

2. two facing brass cymbals triggered by means of a foot pedal

high hat

²

noun

1. another name for top hat

Other Word Forms

• high-hatter noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of high hat¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Origin of high hat²

First recorded in 1915–20; v., adj. use of high hat

Example Sentences

"I get dressed up in my full regalia - lab coat, rosette and two foot high hat - and go door-to-door asking for signatures," he says.

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He drew maximum sound from a minimal drum kit, consisting of one snare, a bass drum, two tom-toms, four cymbals and a high hat.

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Here comes one now, rattling catastrophically, like Max Roach whaling on the high hat.

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“At last the smoke cleared away, and the President was perceived — on the deck of the Mayflower — his high hat in hand and his frock coat flapping in the breeze,” the Philadelphia Inquirer said.

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I was so inspired by Clyde’s rhythms that in a couple of years my tapping grew into drum sticks with a full drum set of high hat, cymbals, bass and snare drums, with lessons.

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Related Words

• condescending 
• derisive 
• disdainful 
• disrespectful 
• haughty 
• insulting 
• scornful