- high-hat
- high′-hat′v. -hat•ted, -hat•ting, adj. Informal.1) to snub or treat condescendingly2) snobbish; haughty•Etymology: 1915–20
From formal English to slang. 2014.
high-hat
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high-hat(1) — {adj.}, {slang} Treating others as inferior; acting above others. /It was an expensive place to eat, and the customers were likely to be a little high hat./ /Jones acted high hat toward anyone poorer than he./ … Dictionary of American idioms
high-hat(1) — {adj.}, {slang} Treating others as inferior; acting above others. /It was an expensive place to eat, and the customers were likely to be a little high hat./ /Jones acted high hat toward anyone poorer than he./ … Dictionary of American idioms
high-hat(2) — {v.}, {slang} To treat others as inferior; look down on. * /After she had married a rich man, Mary high hatted her former friends./ * / Don t high hat me, Fred warned, when Harry began to walk away as if he didn t know him./ Compare: BRUSH OFF … Dictionary of American idioms
high-hat(2) — {v.}, {slang} To treat others as inferior; look down on. * /After she had married a rich man, Mary high hatted her former friends./ * / Don t high hat me, Fred warned, when Harry began to walk away as if he didn t know him./ Compare: BRUSH OFF … Dictionary of American idioms
high-hat — adjective Date: 1924 supercilious, snobbish • high hat transitive verb … New Collegiate Dictionary
high hat — noun Date: 1885 1. beaver I,2 2. (or hi hat) a pair of cymbals operated by a foot pedal … New Collegiate Dictionary
hat — See: AT THE DROP OF A HAT, BRASS HAT, HANG ON TO YOUR HAT or HOLD ON TO YOUR HAT or HOLD YOUR HAT, HIGH HAT, KEEP UNDER ONE S HAT, OLD HAT, PULL OUT OF A HAT, TAKE OFF ONE S HAT TO, TALK THROUGH ONE S HAT, TEN GALLON HAT, THROW ONE S HAT IN THE… … Dictionary of American idioms
hat — See: AT THE DROP OF A HAT, BRASS HAT, HANG ON TO YOUR HAT or HOLD ON TO YOUR HAT or HOLD YOUR HAT, HIGH HAT, KEEP UNDER ONE S HAT, OLD HAT, PULL OUT OF A HAT, TAKE OFF ONE S HAT TO, TALK THROUGH ONE S HAT, TEN GALLON HAT, THROW ONE S HAT IN THE… … Dictionary of American idioms
High Definition Television — [haɪ ˌdɛfɪˈnɪʃən ˈtɛlɪvɪʒən] (HDTV, engl. für hochauflösendes Fernsehen) ist ein Sammelbegriff, der eine Reihe von Fernsehnormen bezeichnet, die sich gegenüber dem Standard Definition Television (SDTV) durch eine erhöhte vertikale, horizontale… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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