hat
[hat] · noun
Meaning
- 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.
- A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.
- Any receptacle from which numbers/names are pulled out in a lottery.
- A hat switch.
- The háček symbol.
- The caret symbol ^.
- To place a hat on.
- To appoint as cardinal.
- (heading, physical) To strike.
- To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- To switch on.
- To briefly visit.
- To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
- (heading) To attain, to achieve.
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