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Dictionary: high-hat   ('hăt') Informal.
tr.v., -hat·ted, -hat·ting, -hats.
To treat in a condescending or supercilious manner.

adj.
Snobbish; haughty.


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verb

    To treat in a superciliously indulgent manner: condescend, patronize. Idioms: speaktalkdown to. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, over/under, respect/contempt/standing, rise/fall.

adjective

    Characteristic of or resembling a snob: elitist, snobbish, snobby. Informal snooty, stuck-up, uppish, uppity. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, self-love/modesty.

Architecture: high hat
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1. A recessed downlight.
2. A black circular tube which is mounted on the front of a spotlight to reduce the stray light on the sides of the main beam.


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - høj i hatten, storsnudet
adj. - være storsnudet

Nederlands (Dutch)
hoge hoed

Français (French)
v. tr. - snober
adj. - snobeur

Deutsch (German)
adj. - eingebildet
v. - herablassend behandeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (μτφ.) ψευτοαριστοκράτης, σνομπ
v. - αντιμετωπίζω περιφρονητικά, σνομπάρω

Italiano (Italian)
snob, snobbare

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - arrogante
v. - proceder de maneira arrogante

Русский (Russian)
цилиндр, важная персона, заносчивый человек

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - tratar con arrogancia
adj. - snob, presumido, engreído, arrogante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - snobbig, high-hat (cymbaler i trumset)
v. - vara högfärdig, vara mallig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
自命不凡, 妄自尊大, 俊俏的, 时髦的, 潇洒的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 自命不凡, 妄自尊大
adj. - 俊俏的, 時髦的, 瀟灑的

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 거만하게 굴다, 우롱하다
adj. - 멋부린, 으스대는

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 見下げる, 馬鹿にする, 気取る
adj. - 粋な, 気取った
n. - 気取り屋

العربيه (Arabic)
‏القبعه العاليه, قبعه رجاليه حريريه عاليه ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮התנשא, נהג זלזול ב-‬
adj. - ‮סנובי, שתלטני‬


 
 

 

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