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high-hat

[hahy-hat]Informal.
verb (used with object), high-hat·ted, high-hat·ting.
  1. to snub or treat condescendingly.
adjective
  1. snobbish; disdainful; haughty.

Origin of high-hat

First recorded in 1915–20; v., adj. use of high hat
Related formshigh-hat·ter, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for high-hatting

high-hat

adjective
  1. informal snobbish and arrogant
verb -hats, -hatting or -hatted (tr)
  1. informal, mainly US and Canadian 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
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