hard hat

\ usually -ˈhat for sense 1 and, -ˌhat for senses 1b and 2

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Definition of hard hat

1a : a protective hat made of rigid material (such as metal or fiberglass) and worn especially by construction workers

b : a construction worker

2 : a conservative who is intolerant of opposing views

Examples of hard hat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web At any given time, there are about 225 workers on the job site — the whereabouts of all of them tracked with an app that gets data from a chip attached to the back of their hard hats. — Tim Reynolds, sun-sentinel.com, "Beckham’s Fort Lauderdale stadium complex for Inter Miami taking shape," 22 Oct. 2019 Water droplets slipping from ore-bearing rock above plunked on my hard hat. — Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, "I spent a night with ghost hunters in a Colorado gold mine and lived to tell this tale," 11 Oct. 2019 The chemistry manager at Turkey Point, Kevin O’Hare, sporting protective goggles and a hard hat, led a small tour group through the facility’s labyrinthine inner passageways, and up a set of metal stairs onto a landing. — Mario Alejandro Ariza, The New Republic, "Calm Before the Storm," 30 Sep. 2019 Among the audience were construction workers sporting matching union t-shirts and hard hats, and a mother with her infant in a baby carrier. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Vista school board okays union-friendly contract for bond projects," 14 Sep. 2019 The business will provide hard hats, face shields, coveralls, gloves and goggles, as well as the cleanup. — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, "'A fun thing to help blow off steam': Baltimore's own 'rage room' expected to open in Hampden this summer," 18 June 2019 Bullard’s first hard hat was called the Hard Boiled hat. — Murray Carpenter, New York Times, "The Evolution of the Hard Hat," 1 Oct. 2019 And while the construction is a distraction, the school staff members are crafting the temporary walls and hard hat signs into new opportunities for their students. — Emily Brindley, courant.com, "Simsbury middle school turns ongoing construction into teachable moments," 18 Sep. 2019 Among those attacked were protesters clad in their trademark black clothing and yellow hard hats. — NBC News, "Police launch tear gas, masked assailants attack protesters as Hong Kong march turns violent," 21 July 2019

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8 Dec 2019

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“Hard hat.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20hat. Accessed 8 December 2019.

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