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

Pitt's headgear consisted of a Burberry Check bucket hat, while de Ramon, a jewelry executive, opted for a baseball cap. —Hannah Malach, InStyle, 4 Mar. 2026

Last summer, the Hoppers star was famously spotted dancing the night away in a Hawaiian shirt and bucket hat at one of Bad Bunny’s historic 30-show residency run at San Juan, Puerto Rico’s Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot. —Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2026

Pitt is of the school of pal Bradley Cooper, wedded to bootcut jeans, bucket hats, and big label staples. —Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2026

The team will also give away three kinds of hats — a waffle beanie, a western snapback and a home-and-away bucket hat — as well as an opening series scarf, a 1998 belt bag, a puffer vest, a patriotic aloha shirt, a poncho and a superhero pocket tee. —Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026

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