bucket hat

American  

[buhk-it hat] / ˈbʌk ɪt ˌhæt /

noun

1. a supple, brimmed hat used for casual wear and various outdoor activities and, especially formerly, as an item of women’s fashion: compared to a boonie hat, it has a narrower, more sloping brim and a taller crown.

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Etymology

Origin of bucket hat

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

The photo, a mirror selfie, shows Jepsen all smiles in a leopard-print bucket hat, white shirt and black shorts as she cradles her child, who wears a green-striped onesie.

From Los Angeles Times

Another girl, fixing on a bucket hat, chimed in.

From Literature

"Will he be firmly hiding beneath his bucket hat and sticking two fingers up at everybody when they ask him for a selfie, who knows? Or will he be cutting the ribbon at the local bring-and-buy?"

From BBC

The Titans were family, and to this day he remembers that Wilhite’s father attended practice just about every day, sitting in the front row, wearing that trademark white bucket hat.

From Los Angeles Times

He was wearing a distinctive bucket hat, an orange coat over a black hooded top, grey tracksuit bottoms and white trainers, according to officers.

From BBC