bucket hat

noun

plural bucket hats

: a cloth hat (as of canvas or twill) with a downward-sloping brim and a soft circular crown

… to me there is nothing more intimidating than wearing a bucket hat. That brimmed shape—always tight fitted to the head—reminds me of hats I'd wear as a kid.

—Christian Allaire

Examples of bucket hat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But there’s a lot of bucket hats knocking around in the audience as well. —Devon Ivie, Vulture, 30 July 2025

The famed Wembley venue was practically vibrating with excitement ahead of their arrival on stage, and The Hollywood Reporter was witness to all of it: the decade-old hits, the cheeky one-liners and all the bucket hats in England ferociously bobbing up and down. —Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2025

And though Markle’s sun shield of choice was a lantern-style hat, this Freya bucket hat is a more compact and less flappy alternative. —Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 July 2025

Plus, attendees can snag some free giveaways such as bucket hats and boom box bags. —Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bucket hat

• acrobat
• autocrat
• automat
• bundesrat
• bureaucrat
• butterfat
• caveat
• chemostat
• copycat
• cryostat
• democrat
• diplomat