trucker hat

noun

variants: or less commonly trucker cap

|Updated on: 17 Jul 2018

Definition of trucker hat

: an adjustable visored cap that often features a corporate logo or slogan : gimme cap

He stood silently frying noodles in a wok, his loose bangs tucked into a trucker hat with the band name Linkin Park written across the brow.
—Lauren Hilgers

Recent Examples of trucker hat from the Web

The daffy has hot-dog roots but enough vestigial cred to induce a new-schooler to tip his trucker hat.

— nick paumgarten, Outside Online, "Nick Paumgarten on the Thrill of His First Daffy," 11 July 2018
Milwaukee Hold onto your flip-flops and your trucker hats: Six Flags Great America opens today at 10:30 a.m. This year, the amusement park in Gurnee, Ill., is introducing its 16th roller coaster, called the Mardi Gras Hangover.

— lainey seyler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Six Flags opens with a new roller coaster, Mardi Gras Hangover, named for the ride's 'hang' time," 22 May 2018
And since music and style go hand-in-hand, the dress code included baggy jeans, trucker hats, and wearing two pastel-colored polo shirts with the collars popped.

— lamar dawson, GQ, "5 Subtle Grooming Flexes You Can Learn from John Legend," 27 Mar. 2018
McConaughey, 48, was seen sporting an Austin City Limits trucker hat along with his wife, Camila Alves, and their children Levi, Vida and Livingston.

— fernando alfonso iii, Houston Chronicle, "Matthew McConaughey brings entire family to golf in Texas," 26 Mar. 2018
About the only variety in mainstream country music today comes from whether the singer favors a cowboy or trucker hat.

— jack dickey, SI.com, "How Charley Pride Went From Negro League Ballplayer to Country Music's Jackie Robinson," 21 Mar. 2018
In the first image shared, Britney gives us some early 2000s vibes in a denim trucker hat and cropped green sweatshirt that shows off her lower back tattoo.

— lauren alexis fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, "Britney Spears Just Landed Her First Major Fashion Campaign," 20 Mar. 2018
Talking in his Midtown Manhattan showroom, Mr. Madden, 59, wears a trucker hat and a tight black T-shirt that stretches around his muscular arms.

— alexandra wolfe, WSJ, "Steve Madden’s Next Steps," 15 Dec. 2017
Woody wore a wrinkled shirt with a contrasting band collar, fleecey gray joggers, thick socks, slip-on beach shoes, and a denim trucker hat.

— christine flammia, Esquire, "Can Someone Tell Me What Woody Harrelson Is Wearing?," 5 Sep. 2017

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