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-hat·ted, high-hat·ting.

1. to snub or treat condescendingly.

adjective

1. snobbish; disdainful; haughty.

high hat

¹

noun

1. another name for top hat

high-hat

²

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

Other Words From

• high-hatter 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

Now try to imagine the song with the high-hat closed through the verse.

From The Daily Beast

Ringo kept the high-hat open most of the time in those early songs.

From The Daily Beast

He had already seen the one about how the kids put dynamite in the Captain's high hat.

From Project Gutenberg

There is also a hat to go with the evening costume—a high hat, which crushes in.

From Project Gutenberg

Already the boy could take a pair of rabbits out of a high hat, or change a bunch of carrots into a bowl of goldfish.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Lloyd George was just behind him, for once wearing the conventional high hat instead of his usual felt.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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