- hat
- hat [ hæt ] noun count ***1. ) a piece of clothing that you wear on your head:She was wearing a brown fur hat.2. ) INFORMAL one particular aspect of someone's duties or responsibilities:She has to wear several different hats (=have various responsibilities) in her position.Of course, when I say this, I'm wearing my teaching hat.come/go hat in handto go somewhere to ask someone very politely to do something for you or give you something that you want very muchhats off/my hat goes off to someoneused for showing your admiration or respect for someone because of something impressive they have donekeep something under your hatto keep something secretthrow/toss your hat into the ringto announce publicly that you will take part in something such as a competition or an electionpick/draw someone's name out of a hatto choose someone as the winner of a competition in which everyone has an equal chance of winning, often by taking a name written on a piece of paper out of a container=> DROP 2, RABBIT, TALK1
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.