hat */*/*/

UK [hæt] / US noun [countable]
Word forms "hat":
singular hat plural hats

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.

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hats off to someone/I take my hat off to someone — spoken used for showing your admiration or respect for someone because of something impressive that they have done

I take my hat off to anyone who is involved in political life for such a long time.

pick/draw someone's name out of a hat — to 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

throw/toss your hat into the ring — to announce publicly that you will take part in something such as a competition or an election

- keep something under your hat

- my hat

See:

drop II, rabbit I, talk I