high-hats 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of high-hat
1
as in walks over
to show contempt for one presidential candidate presents himself as an outsider who has long been high-hatted by the Beltway elite

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2
as in isolates
to deliberately ignore or treat rudely was high-hatted by an old college friend who's now a power player on Wall Street

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high hats

2 of 2

noun

plural of high hat
as in hard hats

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  1. disdains
  2. isolates
  3. helmets
  4. hates
  5. rejects
  6. hoods
  7. disrespects
  8. cuts
Verb
  • Most telling is how openly Stassi disdains the idea of therapy, even insisting to the horror of pretty much everyone else onscreen that forcing hard conversations on reality TV is her therapy.
    — Caroline Framke, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026
  • And, like Maverick, Hegseth disdains rules against showy flyovers.
    — Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
Definition of disdains
Verb
  • Because his decision to conceal the incident with the bat isolates him from his wife.
    — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
  • If the power of the film is as the sum of its parts, Vaughan’s photography isolates these parts to reveal a city vernacular.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of isolates
Noun
  • Scientists dream of making spider silk into high-performing materials for seat belts, helmets, naval materials, and even scaffolds to help repair brain cells.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Riddell, likewise, has faced a number of high-profile lawsuits, primarily involving allegations that its football helmets failed to adequately protect athletes from head injuries.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of helmets
Verb
  • Devin irrationally hates her and has been trying to get her out since the beginning.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Belichick is just as famous as Sanders, but finding a man on the street who loves or hates Belichick (and isn’t a Jets or Dolphins fan) would be difficult.
    — David Ubben, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of hates
Verb
  • Remaining steadfast in his dharma (religious and moral principles), Rama rejects all of Lakshmana’s suggestions for resistance and insists that obedience to his father and preservation of righteousness must take precedence over royal position.
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • However, a large percentage of the Brazilian electorate also consistently rejects the prospect of voting for another Bolsonaro for president.
    — David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of rejects
Noun
  • Clean grease from cooking surfaces, range hoods, and filters.
    — Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Police and the El Paso, Texas, branch of the NAACP are condemning a group of people, possibly including youths, who were shown wearing Ku Klux Klan-style white robes and hoods in viral social media videos.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of hoods
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  • Supporters of the action claim that walking over the plaques disrespects victims, but Jewish leaders and German officials condemned the decision as an attack on the country’s culture of remembrance.
    — Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Anything less grossly disrespects the students they are elected to serve.
    — Elaine Gantz Berman, Denver Post, 27 July 2026
Definition of disrespects
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  • Researchers at Cornell University have developed a method that cuts a critical stage of lithium-ion battery manufacturing by up to 60%, potentially saving large factories as much as $100 million in production costs.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
  • At the end, the video cuts to the Wicked actress watching the ad in a theater, cheering as the credits roll before winking at the camera.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of cuts
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