hat

A1
Pronunciation
[hat]
/hæt/
/hæt/
Noun
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone or a cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.

2 Definition

A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.

3 Definition

Any receptacle from which numbers/names are pulled out in a lottery.

4 Definition

A hat switch.

5 Definition

The háček symbol.

6 Definition

The caret symbol ^.

7 Definition

User rights on a website, such as the right to edit pages others cannot.

8 Definition

(Cambridge University slang) A student who is also the son of a nobleman (and so allowed to wear a hat instead of a mortarboard).

Verb
14 definition(s)
1 Definition

To place a hat on.

2 Definition

To appoint as cardinal.

3 Definition

(heading, physical) To strike.

4 Definition

To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.

Antonyms
miss
Example Sentences
  • I hit the jackpot.
5 Definition

To switch on.

Antonyms
cut kill
Example Sentences
  • Somebody's been here! Hit the lights!
6 Definition

To briefly visit.

Example Sentences
  • We hit the grocery store on the way to the park.
7 Definition

To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.

Example Sentences
  • You'll hit some nasty thunderstorms if you descend too late.  We hit a lot of traffic coming back from the movies.
8 Definition

(heading) To attain, to achieve.

9 Definition

To affect negatively.

Example Sentences
  • The economy was hit by a recession.  The hurricane hit his fishing business hard.
10 Definition

To attack.

11 Definition

(heading, games) To make a play.

12 Definition

To use; to connect to.

Example Sentences
  • The external web servers hit DBSRV7, but the internal web server hits DBSRV3.
13 Definition

To have sex with.

Example Sentences
  • I'd hit that.
14 Definition

To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.