hat

1. A covering for the head, especially one with a shaped crown and brim.
2. 1. A head covering of distinctive color and shape worn as a symbol of office.
   2. The office symbolized by the wearing of such a head covering.
3. A role or office symbolized by or as if by the wearing of different hats: wears two hats-one as parent and one as corporate executive.

at the drop of a hat

1. At the slightest pretext or provocation.

1. In a humble manner; humbly.

1. To respect, admire, or congratulate.

1. To talk nonsense.
2. To bluff.

1. To enter a political race as a candidate for office.

1. As a secret or in confidence: Keep this information under your hat.

[Middle English, from Old English hæt, hætt.]

Idioms beginning with hat:
hatch
hatchet
hatchet job
hate
hate someone's guts
hat in hand
hats off to
hat trick

See also at the drop of a hat; brass hat; eat one's hat; hang on to your hat; hang up (one's hat); hard hat; hats off to; keep under one's hat; knock into a cocked hat; pass the hat; pull out of a hat; take one's hat off to; talk through one's hat; throw one's hat in the ring; wear another hat. Also see under cap.

Common (spoken) name for the circumflex (‘^’, ASCII 1011110) character. See ASCII for other synonyms.

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Hats represent concealment (e.g., a magician's hat) and a covering of one's head and mind ("Keep this under your hat"). A tipped hat suggests a greeting and different types of hats symbolize different situations (e.g., a beret suggests the military and a top hat represents magic, a formal occasion, a dance routine).

For other uses, see Hat (disambiguation).

A collection of 18th and 19th century hats

A hat is a head covering. It may be worn for protection against the elements, for religious reasons, for safety, or as a fashion accessory.^[1] In the past, hats were an indicator of social status. In the military, they may denote rank and regiment.

Contents 1 Hat size 2 Hat design 3 Hatmakers 4 Hat styles 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

Hat size

Hat sizes are determined by measuring the circumference of a person's head about 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) above the ears and dividing by pi. In the UK, an equivalent hat size is an eighth of an inch smaller than in the US. ^[2] Inches or centimeters may be used depending on the manufacturer. Felt hats can be stretched for a custom fit, and hard hats (such as Derbys and top hats) have a hard goss which can be melted to adjust size. Cheaper hats come in standard sizes, such as small, medium, large. Some hats, like baseball caps, are adjustable.

Hat design

A hat consists of four main parts: ^[3]

• crown – The portion of a hat covering the top of the head
  open crown, center crease, (modified) cattleman (-crown), tapered crown, un-tapered crown, teardrop crown, telescope crown, off-kilter telescope, pecan top (porkpie), flat crown/straight crown (e.g. like biberhut), etc.
• peak (British English), visor (American English), or bill – a stiff projection at the front, to shade or shield the eyes from sun and rain
• brim – An optional projection of stiff material from the bottom of the hat's crown horizontally all around the circumference of the hat
  wide brim, dimension brim (dimensional brim), curled brm, rolled sides, etc.
• puggaree (British) or sweatband or hatband (American) – a ribbon or band that runs around the bottom of the torso of the hat. The sweatband may be adjustable with a cord at the top and is on the inside of the hat touching the skin while the hatband and puggaree are around the outside. The band worn with various military hats, such as the Australian slouch hat and the pith helmet, is referred to as a puggaree. ^[4][5]
  

Hatmakers

One of the most famous London hat-makers was Locks of St James's Street. ^[6] Another was Sharp & Davis of 6 Fish Street Hill ^[7] John B. Stetson Company is a well-known American hat company. they were the first people to invent a hat that prevented people from breaking wind. It did this by converting the energy into more hats. This was a bestseller but was taken off the market as there were several spontaneous combustions as people held in their farts to prevent a hat being made at an inappropriate moment.

Hat styles

See also: List of hats and headgear

Image	Name	Description
	Akubra	Australian hat with similarities to fedoras and cowboy hats
	Balaclava	A form of headgear covering the whole head, exposing only the face or upper part of it, and sometimes only the eyes. Also known as a ski mask.
	Baseball cap	A type of soft cap with a long, stiffened and curved peak
	Bearskin	The tall, fur, full dress uniform hat of the Brigade of Guards designed to protect the footguards against sword-cuts, commonly seen at Buckingham Palace
	Balmoral bonnet	Traditional Scottish bonnet or cap worn with Scottish Highland dress
	Beaver hat	Hats made of felted beaver fur
	Beret	Soft round cap, usually of wool felt, with a flat crown, worn by both men and women and traditionally associated with France. Also used in the military.
	Bicorne	Military hat with upturned corners, also known as a cocked hat
	Boater	Flat-brimmed and flat-topped straw hat, formerly worn by seamen, and now mostly at summer regattas or garden parties, often with a ribbon in club or college colours
	Custodian helmet	Police helmet worn by British constables, popularly known as bobby hats
	Boonie hat	A soft cotton wide-brim hat commonly used by militaries. Similar to a bucket hat.
	Boss of the plains	A lightweight all-weather hat designed by John B. Stetson for the demands of the American west
	Bowler / Derby	A hard felt hat with a rounded crown created in 1850 by Lock's of St James's, the hatters to Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester, for his servants. Sometimes known as a derby hat
	Bucket hat	A soft cotton hat with a wide, downwards-sloping brim
	Busby	A small fur military hat
	Casquette	A small-peaked cap often worn by cyclists
	Cloche hat	Popular bell-shaped ladies hat of the 1920s
	Cowboy hat	High-crowned, wide-brimmed hat, with a sweatband on the inside, and a decorative hat band on the outside. Customized by creasing the crown and rolling the brim. [8]
	Caubeen	Irish military hat, traditionally green with insignia
	Chullo	Peruvian or Bolivian hat with ear-flaps made from vicuña, alpaca, llama or sheep's wool. [9]
	Chupalla	Straw hat made in Chile
	Deerstalker	Warm close-fitting tweed cap designed for hunting in the wet and windy Scottish climate, with brims in front and behind, and ear flaps which can be tied together either over the crown or under the chin; anachronistically associated with Sherlock Holmes.
	Dunce cap	A hat that was used as a punishment-humiliation hat in school during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is shaped like a cone and often has a big capital 'D' inscribed on the front.
	Fascinator	A small hat commonly made with feathers, flowers and/or beads. It attaches to the hair by a comb, headband or clip.
	Fedora	A soft felt hat with a lengthwise crease
	Fez	Red felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone
	Flat cap	A soft, round men's cap with a small brim in front
	Gatsby	A soft brimmed hat popular in New York after the turn of the century made from eight quarter panels. Also known as a newsboy cap
	Forage cap	A foldable cloth cap with straight sides and a creased or hollow crown.
	Gaung Paung	Headwrap worn by the Bamar, Mon people, Rakhine and Shan peoples
	Ghutrah	Three piece ensemble consisting of a Thagiyah skull cap, Gutrah scarf, and Ogal black band. Gutrahs are plain white or checkered, denoting ethnic or national identities.[citation needed]
	Hard hat	A helmet predominantly used in workplace environments, such as construction sites, to protect the head from injury by falling objects, debris and bad weather.
	Hardee hat	Also known as the 1858 Dress Hat. Regulation hat for Union soldiers during the American Civil War.
	Homburg	A semi-formal hat with a crease and no dents
	Kepi	A French military hat with a flat, circular top and visor.
	Kippah or Yarmulke	A small close-fitting skullcap worn by religious Jews
	Kolpik	Brown fur hat worn by Hassidic Jews
	Mortarboard	Flat, square hat with a tassel worn as part of academic dress
	Pakul	Round, rolled wool hat with a flat top, associated with Afghanistan and the Mujahideen.
	Panama	Straw hat made in Ecuador
	Peaked cap	A military style cap with a crown, band and peak (also called a visor). It is used by many militaries of the world as well as law enforcement, as well as some people in service professions who wear uniforms.
	Phrygian Cap	A soft conical cap pulled forward. In sculpture, paintings and caricatures it represents freedom and the pursuit of liberty. The popular comic / cartoon characters The Smurfs, are famous for their white Phrygian caps. Their leader, Papa Smurf wears a red one.
	Porkpie	Circular, flat topped hat
	Šajkača	Serbian national hat
	Salakot	A traditional wide-brimmed hat in the Philippines
	Santa Hat	A floppy pointed red hat trimmed in white fur traditionally associated with Christmas
	Shako	A tall cylindrical military cap, usually with a visor, badge, and plume.
	Shtreimel	A fur hat worn by married Hassidic men on Shabbat and holidays
	Slouch	Generic term covering wide-brimmed felt-crowned hats like those worn by the military and ranchers
	Snood	A close-fitting net that gathers up the back of a woman's hair
	Sombrero	A Mexican hat with a conical crown and a saucer-shaped brim, highly embroidered made of plush felt
	Student cap	A cap worn by university students in various European countries
	Taqiyah	A short, rounded cap worn by Muslim men
	Top hat	A tall, flat-crowned, cylindrical hat worn by men in the 19th and early 20th centuries, now worn only with morning dress or evening dress. Also known as a stovepipe hat
	Toque	A tall, pleated, brimless, cylindrical hat traditionally worn by chefs
	Torero hat	A crocheted hat worn by bullfighters
	Trilby	A soft felt men's hat with a deeply indented crown and a narrow brim often upturned at the back
	Tricorne	A soft hat with a broad brim, pinned up on either side of the head and at the back, producing a triangular shape
	Trucker hat
	Tudor bonnet	A soft round black academic cap, with a tassel hanging from a cord attached to the centre of the top of the hat
	Tuque	A knitted hat, worn in winter, usually made from wool or acrylic. Also known as a ski cap, knit hat, knit cap, sock cap, stocking cap, watch cap, or goobalini.
	Turban	A headdress consisting of a scarf-like single piece of cloth wound around either the head itself or an inner hat.
	Tyrolean hat	A felt hat originating from the Alps.
	Ushanka	Russian fur hat with fold down ear flaps
	Vueltiao	A Colombian hat of woven and sewn black and khaki dried palm braids with indigenous figures
	Zucchetto	Skullcap worn by clerics

See also

• Headgear

References

1. ^ The Wearing of Hats Fashion History
2. ^ Hat Sizing and How to Measure your Head
3. ^ David Morgan: Hat Care
4. ^ Puggaree, the hat band, it's origins (sic) diggerhistory.com
5. ^ Puggaree: Definition at lexic.us
6. ^ see Whitbourn, F.: 'Mr Lock of St James's St Heinemann, 1971.
7. ^ For an account of the Sharp family's hat-making business see, Knapman, D. - 'Conversation Sharp - The Biography of a London Gentleman, Richard Sharp (1759-1835), in Letters, Prose and Verse'. [Private Publication, 2004]. British Library.
8. ^ Snyder, Jeffrey B. (1997) Stetson Hats and the John B. Stetson Company 1865-1970.p5 ISBN 0-7643-0211-6
9. ^ Season of the chullo

External links

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• The Council of Textile & Fashion Industries of Australia
• Different Sizing Schemes
• Hats UK has a Hat Bible and other resources.
• The History of Felt Hats and Hat Making
• The History of Hats from antiquity to the 20th century
• Witty, whimsical, wacky, wonderful, International Herald Tribune, Suzy Menkes

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hat, kasket
v. tr. - tage hat på

idioms:

• hat in hand    med hatten i hånden
• hat trick    tre mål/gærder i træk
• keep something under one's hat    tie stille med noget, ikke mine ord igen
• old hat    gammeldags, forældet, umoderne
• out of a hat    efter eget hovede
• pull something out of the hat    trække noget op af hatten

Nederlands (Dutch)
hoed, kap, muts, steek, hoedenmaken, een hoed opzetten

Français (French)
n. - chapeau
v. tr. - couvrir d'un chapeau

idioms:

• hat in hand    (lit) chapeau bas, (fig) obséquieusement
• hat trick    tour du chapeau, coup du chapeau, (gén, Sport) réussir trois coups consécutifs, marquer trois buts dans un match (football), éliminer trois batteurs en trois balles (cricket)
• keep something under one's hat    garder qch pour soi
• old hat    dépassé, déjà vu, vieux jeu
• out of a hat    comme par magie
• pull something out of the hat    tirer qch comme par magie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Hut
v. - mit einem Hut bedecken

idioms:

• hat in hand    demütig
• hat trick    Hattrick
• keep something under one's hat    etwas für sich behalten
• old hat    alter Hut
• out of a hat    aus dem Ärmel
• pull something out of the hat    etwas überraschend erreichen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καπέλο (με γείσο)
v. - καπελώνω/-ομαι

idioms:

• hat in hand    ταπεινά, με την ουρά στα σκέλια
• hat trick    ταχυδακτυλουργία, (αθλοπ.) επίτευξη τρίτου τέρματος, τρίποντο, τριπλή επιτυχία
• keep something under one's hat    κρατώ κάτι μυστικό
• old hat    (καθομ.) ξεπερασμένος, ντεμοντέ
• out of a hat    στην τύχη
• pull something out of the hat    παρουσιάζω αιφνίδια

Italiano (Italian)
cappello

idioms:

• at the drop of a hat    senza indugio
• hat in hand    rispettosamente
• hat trick    tripletta
• keep something under one's hat    mantenere il silenzio su
• old hat    cose trite e ritrite
• out of a hat    casualmente, per estrazione
• pull something out of the hat    tirare fuori dal cappello

Português (Portuguese)
n. - chapéu (m)
v. - cobrir com o chapéu

idioms:

• at the drop of a hat    imediatamente
• hat in hand    com humildade
• hat trick    algo fora do usual (quase mágico)
• keep something under one's hat    manter segredo
• old hat    coisa (f) velha (já passou de moda)
• out of a hat    por sorteio
• pull something out of the hat    vir com uma surpresa

Русский (Russian)
шляпа, шапка, надевать шляпу

idioms:

• at the drop of a hat    немедленно, при первом удобном случае
• hat in hand    подобострастно
• hat trick    три удачных удара в крикете, три последовательные победы в спорте
• keep something under one's hat    хранить что-либо в секрете, помнить о чем-либо
• old hat    старье, давно известные всем вещи
• out of a hat    прибегнуть к неожиданному трюку в кажущейся безвыходной ситуации
• pull something out of the hat    прибегнуть к неожиданному трюку в кажущейся безвыходной ситуации

Español (Spanish)
n. - sombrero, gorro
v. tr. - colocar un sombrero o gorro

idioms:

• hat in hand    respetuosamente, humildemente
• hat trick    triple tanteo (marcado por el mismo jugador)
• keep something under one's hat    de esto no decir ni pío
• old hat    anticuado, archisabido
• out of a hat    elegir al azar
• pull something out of the hat    lograr algo como si fuera por magia, sacarse algo de la manga

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hatt
v. - kläda i hatt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
帽子, 戴帽子

idioms:

• hat in hand    十分恭敬地
• hat trick    连三胜的出色成绩, 用帽子变的把戏, 巧妙的手法
• keep something under one's hat    保密
• old hat    老式的, 过时的, 陈腐的
• out of a hat    随便地, 像变魔术般地
• pull something out of the hat    随手制造出...

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 帽子
v. tr. - 戴帽子

idioms:

• hat in hand    十分恭敬地
• hat trick    連三勝的出色成績, 用帽子變的把戲, 巧妙的手法
• keep something under one's hat    保密
• old hat    老式的, 過時的, 陳腐的
• out of a hat    隨便地, 像變魔術般地
• pull something out of the hat    隨手製造出...

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 모자, 뇌물, 여자 애인, 직업, 추기경의 직위
v. tr. - ~에게 모자를 쓰게 하다

idioms:

• keep something under one's hat    비밀로 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 帽子

idioms:

• cocked hat    三角帽
• hat in hand    帽子を手にして, かしこまって
• hat trick    ハットトリック, サイクルヒット, 巧妙な手
• out of a hat    手品のように

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قبعه, منصب, وظيفه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כובע, מגבעת, עיסוק או אחד העיסוקים של אדם (מדוברת)‬
v. tr. - ‮כיסה במגבעת, סיפק מגבעת‬

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