as in cap
a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown
in those days, no properly dressed person left home without a hat
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Recent Examples of hat
Trump is a man of many hats In Ward 8, which encompasses Donohue's district, troops have already been assigned to help with food distribution at a soup kitchen, according to Donohue and a National Guard member with knowledge of the deployment.
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Helmets and hats can be carriers for lice or other bacteria that's better left never picking up.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
Guests can take home a slice of the Riviera at Emporio Sirenuse, which carries an array of merch, including towels, beach bags, and hats.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Blake Treinent, during Friday night’s game against the San Francisco Giants, wore a hat on the mound that featured Kirk’s name alongside a cross.
—Landon Mion , Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Helmets and hats can be carriers for lice or other bacteria that's better left never picking up.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
Guests can take home a slice of the Riviera at Emporio Sirenuse, which carries an array of merch, including towels, beach bags, and hats.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Blake Treinent, during Friday night’s game against the San Francisco Giants, wore a hat on the mound that featured Kirk’s name alongside a cross.
—Landon Mion , Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hat
Noun
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Airlines can’t impose arbitrary refund caps based on fare class in that situation.—
Christopher Elliott,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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Less comfortable, but much, much funnier are the old-timey swim caps adorned with colorful rubber flowers.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The camera department also attached RED Komodo cameras to Withers to capture his perspective during intense sports scenes, and at other moments simply attached a football helmet to the lens and had Wayans yell into it to replicate Cam’s point of view.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Kylo Ren helmet sits at the top of our best Lego Star Wars helmets page thanks to its striking and stunning look and its noticeable lack of stickers.—
Alexander Cox,
Space.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Zendaya’s hair was pulled back into a sleek bun beneath her cream chapeau.—
Danielle Directo-Meston,
HollywoodReporter,
5 May 2025
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Angela Bassett makes a statement with a cane and chapeau combo.—
Elise Wrabetz,
NBC news,
5 May 2025
Noun
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Howler monkey sounds rang through the auditorium as Irwin peered through a set of binoculars, before leaping off the hood and gliding across the ballroom toward Carson.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Sep. 2025
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For each, the state placed hoods over the men's heads, strapped them in a chair, placed targets over their hearts, and shot them simultaneously with three bullets.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The post was accompanied by a new video for the song, in which Cyrus wears a gauzy white headdress and matching diaphanous, flowing gown, as well as a black dress matched with a sparkling black mask.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
19 Sep. 2025
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The ten day adult party is a true Key West creative explosion, featuring a marathon of parties, parades, handmade costumes, headdresses, street fair food, and tropical island energy.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At its state-of-the-art facility in Kampala, workers in clean room suits and headgear known as snoods sift and mix precise ingredients.—
Brian Simpson,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
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Brusatte thinks that future finds of early pachycephalosaurs may further reveal how the group’s signature headgear evolved over time.—
Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hat. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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