Hat Hæt Noun Bre Straw/Woolly Put On/Take Wearing

• a straw/woolly, etc. hat
• to put on/take off a hat
• i'm wearing two hats tonight—parent and teacher.
• i'm telling you this with my lawyer's hat on, you understand.

hat

1. a covering made to fit the head, often with a brim (= a flat edge that sticks out), and worn out of doors
• a straw/woolly, etc. hat
• to put on/take off a hat
2. a position or role, especially an official or professional role, when you have more than one such role
• I'm wearing two hats tonight—parent and teacher.
• I'm telling you this with my lawyer's hat on, you understand.
3. immediately; without hesitating
• The company can't expect me to move my home and family at the drop of a hat.
4. to ask somebody for something, especially money, in a very polite way that makes you seem less important
5. used to express surprise
6. used to say that you think something is very unlikely to happen
• If she's here on time, I'll eat my hat!
7. used to say that you admire somebody very much for something they have done
• related noun hat tip
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hat-tip
8. to keep something secret and not tell anyone else
9. to be very much better than somebody/something
• She knocks the rest of the cast into a cocked hat.
10. if something such as a name is picked out of a/the hat, it is picked at random from a container into which all the names are put, so that each name has an equal chance of being picked, in a competition, etc.
11. to collect money from a number of people, for example to buy a present for somebody
12. to suddenly produce something as a solution to a problem
13. to say silly things while you are talking about a subject you do not understand
14. to announce officially that you are going to compete in an election, a competition, etc.

Extra Examples

• He placed a battered felt hat on his head.
• He pulled his hat down over his face.
• The doorman tipped his hat as we entered.
• The governor wore a cocked hat trimmed with white feathers.
• a cowboy hat
• a fur/straw/woolly hat
• a hard hat
• a riding hat
• a sun hat
• a top hat

Word Origin

• Old English hætt, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse hǫttr ‘hood’, also to hood.