bucket hat

American  

[buhk-it hat] / ˈbʌk ɪt ˌhæt /

noun

• bucket hats
  plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bucket hats
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bucket hat

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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bucket hat

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 ● Nov. 27, 2025

The “KPop” section was empty except for a few purple Rumi braids and a Huntr/x bucket hat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

As the camera zoomed in, Anastacia strutted down the staircase, her hair in pigtails under a candy striped bucket hat, her midriff exposed by a crop top, in accordance with 1990s pop regulations.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025

“Hey everyone, I’m here with Zohran,” said Mullen, in a bucket hat, clearly dumbfounded by his unlikely ascendance to campaign surrogacy.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2025

I lower the hood of my Pikachu onesie and put the bucket hat on instead.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas