as in hat
a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown
with her chapeau cocked jauntily to one side, the French actress was the very picture of Gallic insouciance
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The cow costume accessorized with steak shoes and a shank chapeau blew minds at the time and continues to be one of her most iconic looks.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2025
Rodrigues handcrafts all types of chapeaus, including fedoras and cowboy hats.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
The chapeau featured a lighter green tone and included a pheasant-style feather with shades of brown, green and red.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 26 Dec. 2024
Last year, meanwhile, Rosamund Pike shined in her black lace Dior number (with an extravagant chapeau to boot!), while Elle Fanning looked elegant in vintage Balmain, and Margot Robbie was plastic-fantastic in her Barbie-pink Armani gown.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2025
Rodrigues handcrafts all types of chapeaus, including fedoras and cowboy hats.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
The chapeau featured a lighter green tone and included a pheasant-style feather with shades of brown, green and red.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 26 Dec. 2024
Last year, meanwhile, Rosamund Pike shined in her black lace Dior number (with an extravagant chapeau to boot!), while Elle Fanning looked elegant in vintage Balmain, and Margot Robbie was plastic-fantastic in her Barbie-pink Armani gown.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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The experience was shared on Reddit, where the passenger detailed how the person seated behind him, in first class nonetheless, repeatedly tapped and slapped the person's head and hat to awaken him to help retrieve a lost earbud.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
12 June 2025
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Cords dangle uncovered from teensy lamps, pens live in a vintage-looking tomato can, and there’s a random magic 8 ball next to the huge hatbox for the huge hat.—
Jocelyn Silver,
Vogue,
12 June 2025
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The two-sentence clause Harmon backed would have generally expanded the period that a senator in a four-year term who breaks the caps can keep them off.—
Ray Long,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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Senators even set up lawn chairs outside their third-floor caucus room at the state Capitol that mentioned various issues such as the spending cap and fiscal guardrails.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2025
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“Chapeau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chapeau. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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