high-hat
[hahy-hat]Informal.
verb (used with object), high-hat·ted, high-hat·ting.
to snub or treat condescendingly.
adjective
snobbish; disdainful; haughty.
Origin of high-hat
First recorded in 1915–20; v., adj. use of high hat
high hat
noun
Origin of high hat
First recorded in 1885–90
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Related Words for high-hat
haughty, pompous, snooty, condescending, aloof, patronizing, upstage, cool, cavalier, arrogant, egotistic, high-flown, ostentatious, overbearing, persnickety, pretentious, remote, snippy, snotty, superciliousExamples from the Web for high-hat
Contemporary Examples of high-hat
Now try to imagine the song with the high-hat closed through the verse.
Ringo kept the high-hat open most of the time in those early songs.
Historical Examples of high-hat
Listen, babe, don't get high-hat with me or I'll slap you down.
I don't see why we have to be so high-hat about Jews and Catholics.
The Plastic AgePercy Marks
And all this high-hat cockiness aint going to do you one little bit of good.
Dorothy Dixon and the Double CousinDorothy Wayne
If he high-hats you with his success I'll tell him that you've sold a drawing to the New Yorker and you can high-hat him back.
Class of '29Orrie Lashin and Milo Hastings
high-hat
adjective
verb -hats, -hatting or -hatted (tr)
noun
high hat
noun
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