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
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  • 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
  • It was also concluded that the nature of the production, which isolates contestants from friends and family while filming, could cause cast member to make poor choices.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Because his decision to conceal the incident with the bat isolates him from his wife.
    — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of isolates
Noun
  • Emergency responders in tactical helmets were seen on scene along with more than a dozen law enforcement vehicles, video from CNN affiliate WOI showed.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Maybe, just maybe, this is how most future helmets would look.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of helmets
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  • Customized Visual Language For Communication Architects, footwear designers and VFX designers all have their unique visual language for communication, and each of these fields, unsurprisingly, hates lengthy text descriptions in their place.
    — Elias Stahl, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • As the president and TV host have been trading barbs, Kimmel’s fellow late-night peers John Oliver and Seth Meyers recently came up with a theory about why Trump hates him the most.
    — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of hates
Verb
  • The Joint List rejects Zionist parties that define Israel as a Jewish state.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • However, the Wisne plaintiffs’ antitrust case ends if the court rejects their relevant market.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of rejects
Noun
  • All of the plumbing, as well as the kitchen hoods, had to be replaced, among other things.
    — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Clean grease from cooking surfaces, range hoods, and filters.
    — Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of hoods
Verb
  • 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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  • Amendment 3 cuts only those taxes, imposing a $150,000 homestead tax exemption in 2027 rising to $250,000 the following year.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Planned cuts to the public university system, which represents a near-universal point of pride in the crisis-prone country, sent students into the streets.
    — Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of cuts
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