hat
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
How often you will meet it
Rank 704 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 26,798 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.013% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim also: chapeau, lid
- an informal term for a person's role he took off his politician's hat and talked frankly
verb
- put on or wear a hat He was unsuitably hatted
- furnish with a hat
hat in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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No chivalrous white man doffed his hat in honor or respect.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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The girl having stepped to one side, he appeared, hat in hand.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He must have the hat, that was manifest; but how was he to get it?
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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A soft brown silk tie was knotted smartly under her fresh collar, and she wore her new sailor hat.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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Poor Timmins was obliged to yield Hat, coat, and boots--in short He was completely stripp'd--and paid Most dearly for his "sport."
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1