Definitions for 'hat':
Below, we have different definitions or meanings of the word hat. These different definitions are grouped based on the different parts of speech. You will also find examples for every definition if available
Noun: Nouns are words that represent people, places, things, or ideas.
UK: [hat]
US: /hæt/
Definition 1
A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone or a cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.
Definition 2
A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.
Definition 3
Any receptacle from which numbers/names are pulled out in a lottery.
Definition 4
A hat switch.
Definition 5
The háček symbol.
Definition 6
The caret symbol ^.
Definition 7
User rights on a website, such as the right to edit pages others cannot.
Definition 8
(Cambridge University slang) A student who is also the son of a nobleman (and so allowed to wear a hat instead of a mortarboard).
Verb: Verbs are action words that describe actions or states.
UK: [hat]
US: /hæt/
Definition 1
To place a hat on.
Definition 2
To appoint as cardinal.
Verb: Verbs are action words that describe actions or states.
UK: [hat]
US: /hæt/
Definition 1
(heading, physical) To strike.
Definition 2
To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
I hit the jackpot.
Definition 3
To switch on.
Somebody's been here! Hit the lights!
Definition 4
To briefly visit.
We hit the grocery store on the way to the park.
Definition 5
To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
You'll hit some nasty thunderstorms if you descend too late. We hit a lot of traffic coming back from the movies.
Definition 6
(heading) To attain, to achieve.
Definition 7
To affect negatively.
The economy was hit by a recession. The hurricane hit his fishing business hard.
Definition 8
To attack.
Definition 9
(heading, games) To make a play.
Definition 10
To use; to connect to.
The external web servers hit DBSRV7, but the internal web server hits DBSRV3.
Definition 11
To have sex with.
I'd hit that.
Definition 12
To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
Synonyms and Antonyms
Synonyms: gold hatband, tuft
Synonyms: beat, pelt, thump, beset, fall upon, lay into, bang, ram, smash, bump off, do away with, whack, smoke up, toke
Antonyms: miss, cut, kill, miss
