verb (used with object), high-hat·ted, high-hat·ting.
- to snub or treat condescendingly.
adjective
- snobbish; disdainful; haughty.
noun
- top hat.
- Slang. table tripod.
- Also hi hat. a set of high-hat cymbals.
adjective
- informal snobbish and arrogant
verb -hats, -hatting or -hatted (tr)
- informal, mainly US and Canadian to treat in a snobbish or offhand way
noun
- informal a snobbish person
- two facing brass cymbals triggered by means of a foot pedal
noun
- another name for top hat
1889, “tall hat;” also used synechdochically for men who wear such hats; figurative meaning “swelled head” is from 1923. Drum set sense is from 1934.