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brim n. a hat.Man, that is one fine brim you got.New silks call for a new brim. hard hat n. a protective helmet worn around construction sites. (Standard English.)You'll need a hard hat to come into this area.John swiped a hard hat from the construction site.
hat noun 1 in drag racing, a crash helmet US, 1968. 2 a condom US, 1992. 3 a woman US, 1963. 4 on the railways, an incompetent worker US, 1977. 5 a US Marines drill instructor US, 1991. 6 twenty-five dollars US, 1973. 7 anything bought with a bribe, used as code for a bribe US, 1973. 8 the up-arrow or caret key (^) on a computer keyboard US, 1991. 9 a dose of LSD US, 1994. 10 in pinball, a piece of plastic that indicates a value when lit. Conventionally known as a 'playfield insert' US, 1977.► get hatto leave US, 1966.► in the hatmarked for murder by a prison gang US, 2003.► throw your hat in firstto test out a situation before taking part AUSTRALIA, 1953.► wear more than one hat; wear several hatsto simultaneously hold more than one post, or position of responsibility US, 1924
idiomhat► do sth at the drop of a hat(sb wears) the black hat AmEAmEused about someone who is disliked or blamed by people for what is wrong in a situation:All our sales were made according to the law. We're not the black hats here.Wheelan is disliked in the Irish-American community for arresting illegal Irish immigrants. However, he says, "I don't wear my black hat all the time - I'm Irish too, you know."(wear) the white hat: "We're the white hats in this situation," Sapp said. "We're not just buying the company for its assets, and then running away from it with the profits."NoteThese idioms come from old Western films, in which the hero (= main character who does good things) wears a white hat and the villain (=main character who does evil things) wears a black hat. go/come hat in hand AmEAmE(also do sth hat in hand)to ask for money or help in a very respectful way, from someone who is more powerful than you:The representatives from the four coastal states are not coming hat in hand to the meetings. They are ready to fight against closing the naval shipyards in their states.I'm not going to appeal to them hat in hand. If they want to help, that's fine.BrE = go cap in hand (to sb)hang up your hatto leave your job, especially permanently at the end of your working life:Police chief Ron Johnson hung up his hat today after forty years of service.After my wife retired, I decided I'd hang up my hat and enjoy myself too. —see also hang up your ___hang your hat1 if you hang your hat somewhere, you live or stay there:She is looking for somewhere to hang her hat, now that her twenty-year marriage has ended.Richards writes about Georgia, the part of America where he was born and raised and still hangs his hat.2 if you hang your hat on something, you depend on it in order to achieve something or to make a decision:There must be something in state law we can hang our hat on, to prevent the casino from being built here.A very experienced politician once told me never to hang my hat on opinion polls.have your ___ hat on(also wearing your ___ hat)take part/be involved used in order to say that you behave in a particular way at a particular time, because you are influenced by the job you are doing or the situation you are in at that time:I'm not a prude who has a problem with sex, but I have to speak with my principal's hat on. I'm worried about the high numbers of kids having unprotected sex and getting AIDS. My purchase of Crosby Hall is outside my normal commercial activities, but I bought it wearing my conservation hat. I think it is important to keep our history preserved.if ... I'll eat my hatspoken a humorous expression used in order to say that you would be very surprised if something happened or was true:If the police find any evidence against Colby, I'll eat my hat.If that's a genuine Holbein, I'll eat my hat.sb is talking through his/her hatspoken used in order to say that someone is talking as if they know something when they do not:He assured me that my complaint would be dealt with, but I think he was talking through his hat.I said, "Oh, are you familiar with setting up roadside interviews?" and he said, "Oh yes." But he had to be talking through his hat, because he couldn't explain how he'd done it.keep sth under your hatspoken to keep something a secret:I don't want everyone to know I'm leaving, so please keep it under your hat.I believe he did a lot to help local people, but he kept it all very much under his hat.knock sb/sth into a cocked hat BrEBrEold-fashioned to be much better than someone or something:I've seen some of the people who are applying for this job, and believe me, you could knock them into a cocked hat.be old hatused in order to emphasize that something is not new or interesting:The Internet is already old hat to most academic researchers.Looking at the film twenty years later, a lot of the special effects seem like old hat, but the essential quality that made it popular then is still there.pass the hat (around)(also pass the hat (round) BrE)to collect money from a group of people, asking each of them to give some, so that you can buy or do something:The School Board wouldn't give students the $800 they needed for a trip to a national science contest, but passing the hat at the meeting got them $500. If a workman was injured, his mates collected money for his family by passing round a hat.pull sth out of a/the hat(also pull a rabbit out of a/the hat) to suddenly produce a solution to a problem, when no one is expecting it:If their manager keeps pulling good young players out of the hat, the Rangers will be hard to beat this season.I can't pull a rabbit out of a hat and make the money problems go away. We have to look at what we do have, not at what we don't have.I take my hat off tospoken used in order to say that you admire someone for what they have done:I take my hat off to you for staying in political life for so many years without being discouraged. You have to take your hat off to a guy who's eight million in debt and doesn't seem worried about spending some more.throw your hat into the ring(also toss your hat into the ring AmE)to announce officially that you are going to compete for a job or in an election:After protesting about the standard of education in local schools, Palmer has now thrown his hat into the ring as a candidate in the next local government election.Stanley was thinking about retirement, but Reed persuaded him to toss his hat into the ring for the job of chief officer.wear more than one hatto have more than one job, or have more than one skill that you need to do a job:There's a weekly meeting with Health Centre staff, some of whom wear more than one hat and therefore speak from different perspectives.The design company, Razor's Edge, employs 26, all of whom wear more than one hat, but hopes to double its size by the end of the year.Note People sometimes show exactly how many things someone does or is interested in by saying 'sb wears two/three/several hats'All negotiators need to wear about eight different hats: psychologist, interrogator, MI5 agent, teacher etc.I could do a better job if I didn't have to wear so many hats.
See:- (as) black as (one's) hat
- (with) hat in hand
- a brass hat
- a hat trick
- a tip of the hat
- all hat and no cattle
- at the drop of a hat
- be all hat and no cattle
- be picked out of a hat
- be talking through (one's) hat
- be talking through your hat
- big hat, no cattle
- black hat
- brass hat
- brick in (one's) hat
- buy straw hats in winter
- eat (one's) hat
- eat hat
- eat one’s hat
- eat one's hat
- eat one's hat, to
- eat your hat
- flat-hat
- flat-hatting
- fling (one's) hat over the windmill
- go hat in hand to (someone)
- go hat in hand to someone
- hang (one's) hat on (something)
- hang (up) (one's) hat
- hang hat
- hang on to your hat
- Hang on to your hat!
- hang up
- hang up (one's) hat
- hang your hat
- hard hat
- hat in hand
- hat in hand, to go/with
- hat in the ring, to put/throw one's
- hat trick
- hats off to
- hats off to (someone or something)
- have a brick in (one's) hat
- he wears a $10 hat on a five-cent head
- He wears a ten-dollar hat on a five-cent head
- Here's your hat, what's your hurry?
- hold on to your hat
- hold on to your hat!
- home is where you hang your hat
- if the hat fits(, wear it)
- I'll eat my hat
- I'll eat my hat!
- keep (something) under (one's) hat
- keep (something) under one's hat, to
- keep something under your hat
- keep under hat
- keep under one's hat
- knock (someone or something) into a cocked hat
- knock into a cocked hat
- knock somebody/something into a cocked hat
- knock something into a cocked hat
- lift (one's) hat
- old hat
- pass the hat
- pass the hat (around)
- pass the hat round
- pass the hat round/around
- pass the hat, to
- pick (someone or something) out of a hat
- pick something out of a hat
- pick, etc. something out of a hat
- pull (someone or something) out of a hat
- pull a rabbit out of (one's)/the hat
- pull a rabbit out of a hat
- pull a rabbit out of a hat, to
- pull a rabbit out of the hat
- pull it out of the hat
- pull one out of the hat
- pull out of a hat
- pull something/a rabbit out of the hat
- put (one's) hat in(to) the ring
- put (one's) name in the hat
- put the tin hat on (something)
- raise (one's) hat
- raise your hat to someone
- somewhere to hang hat
- somewhere/some place to hang (up) (one's) hat
- stovepipe hat
- take (one's) hat off to (someone or something)
- take hat off to
- take off (one's) hat (to someone or something)
- take off hat
- take off one's hat to, to
- take one's hat off to
- take your hat off to
- take your hat off to somebody
- take your hat off to someone
- talk out of (one's) hat
- talk through (one's) hat
- talk through hat
- talk through one’s hat
- talk through one's hat
- talk through one's hat, to
- talk through your hat
- throw (one's) hat in(to) the ring
- throw (one's) hat over the windmill
- throw (one's) name in the hat
- throw one’s hat in the ring
- throw one's hat in the ring
- throw your hat in the ring
- throw your hat into the ring
- tin hat
- tip (one's) hat
- tip your hat
- top brass, the
- top hat
- toss (one's) hat in(to) the ring
- toss (one's) name in the hat
- toss hat into the ring
- under (one's) hat
- under hat
- wear (one's particular profession's) hat
- wear a different hat
- wear another hat
- wear more than one hat
- wear several hats
- wear too many hats
- wear two hats
- wear two hats (more than one hat), to
- white hat
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