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top hat

noun

Definition of top hat

as in silk hat

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Recent Examples of top hat Pete Walker, Schneider said, did some heavy lifting on the masterpiece, including drawing a cat with a top hat. — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 12 July 2026 Travis made his Eras Tour debut wearing a suit and top hat and appearing for the new portion of the show dedicated to The Tortured Poets Department. — Alicia Brunker, InStyle, 3 July 2026 Screaming Lord Sutch, founder of the Monster Raving Loony Party, enjoyed standing next to prime ministers in his top hat and leopard print jacket. — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Members of the monarchy wave from carriages, aristocrats don faintly cartoonish top hats and extravagant millinery threatens to obscure the view at every turn. — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for top hat

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Noun

Moriya wore a Western-style morning coat and a silk hat that belonged to Prince Takamodo, the late father of Princess Ayako.

— Megan Friedman, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Oct. 2018
Making big money as head of the Empire State Building and a bank, Smith moved to Fifth Avenue and swapped his brown derby for a silk hat.

— Edward Kosner, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2018

Definition of silk hat

Noun

Someone reported that a man with a gun and wearing a baseball cap and face mask had robbed the business, according to the 911 call sheet.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
The video showed Robinson standing in a room at the Washington County Sheriff’s Office wearing a T-shirt and baseball cap.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Definition of baseball cap

Noun

The original glass Bearista cold cup came with a straw and was shaped like a teddy bear with a green Starbucks stocking cap on its head.

— Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 23 June 2026
The arrest has drawn widespread attention, as the child had just returned home from preschool with his father and was wearing a Spider Man backpack and blue stocking cap with bunny ears when detained.

— Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 31 Jan. 2026

Definition of stocking cap

Noun

Ryan Asdourian, a marketing and strategy officer for Lumen Technologies, decided to have some fun with the clean-up operation, taking a film crew along to the venue and a hard hat, setting out to cover up as many signs as possible.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 23 June 2026
For many people, the next tech job may involve a hard hat instead of a laptop.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026

Definition of hard hat

Noun

One of the most popular traditional costumes was the bauta, which consisted of a full mask, a cape that covered the head and shoulders, and a tricorn or cocked hat.

— Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
Heather Wilson, a nurse anesthetist, wore huge fake eyelashes and an absurd cocked hat.

— William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021

Definition of cocked hat

Noun

In the photos — which have been formatted to look like a TIME cover shoot, in partnership with the magazine itself — Digger dons a beige cowboy hat, a gray suit, a bolo tie, and snakeskin boots.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Yet nobody could remember ever seeing the man in a cowboy hat before 2024, when he was spotted talking to residents about lawsuits against the local dump.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026

Definition of cowboy hat

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