Lexic.us

Definition of High hat

1. Noun. Cymbals that are operated by a foot pedal.

2. Noun. A man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur.

Lexicographical Neighbors of High Hat

high fived high fives high fiving high flier high flyer high forceps delivery high frequency high frequency current high frequency deafness high frequency gravitational wave

high frequency recombination strain high frequency transduction high fructose corn syrup high gear high ground high hat (current term) high heels high hopes high horse high jinks

high jinx high jump high jumper high jumpers high level language high level languages high life high line high lip line

Literary usage of High hat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Aunt Sarah & the War: A Tale of Transformations by Wilfrid Meynell (1915)
"The Highland Nun of Ghent and the Gordons—Modern Miriams—Hannibal in a high hat— The capture of Gilbert K. Chesterton—"Words, words, words"—Russia's ..."

2. Aunt Sarah & the War: A Tale of Transformations by Wilfrid Meynell (1915)
"The Highland Nun of Ghent and the Gordons—Modern Miriams—Hannibal in a high hat— The capture of Gilbert K. Chesterton—"Words, words, words"—Russia's ..."

3. A Tale of Two Oceans: A New Story by an Old Californian : an Account of a by Ezekiel I. Barra (1893)
"... black alpaca coat, leghorn straw high hat, low morocco shoes and white stockings. In his hand he carried a silk umbrella, which he opened when we ..."

4. Leaves of a Life: Being the Reminiscences of Montagu Williams by Montagu Stephen Williams, Percy Lefroy, George Henry Lamson (1890)
"If this second hat belongs to Lefroy, he- must have got it after he got into the train at London Bridge. That he had a high hat on his head, then, ..."

5. Some Letters Written to Maude Gray and Marian Wickes, 1917-1918 by Katherine Alexander Duer Blake (1920)
"He always wears a high hat. Over here only the mutes who follow funerals wear high hats nowadays. They are not the fashion. But House is rather a mute, ..."

6. Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great by Elbert Hubbard (1908)
"In wrathful disappointment Jaggers (of Jaggers & Jaggers), for the prosecution, hastily bundled up his papers, jammed his high hat over his ears, ..."

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