{
    "term": "hat",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/cl/clothes_hats.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a piece of clothing made to fit the head, often with a brim (= a flat edge that sticks out), usually worn out of doors",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a straw/woolly hat"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **wear a hat**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **put on/take off a hat**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **have a hat on**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He placed a battered felt hat on his head."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He pulled his hat down over his face."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The doorman tipped his hat as we entered."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The governor wore a cocked hat trimmed with white feathers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a riding hat"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a top hat"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["broad-brimmed", "wide-brimmed", "floppy"],
                "verb + hat": ["don", "place", "doff"],
                "hat + verb": ["be trimmed with something"],
                "hat + noun": ["box", "shop", "store"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a position or role, especially an official or professional role, when you have more than one such role",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm wearing two hats tonight—parent and teacher."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm telling you this with my lawyer's hat on, you understand."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "immediately; without hesitating",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The company can't expect me to move my home and family at the drop of a hat."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to ask somebody for something, especially money, in a very polite way that makes you seem less important",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to live in a particular place",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "These multimillion-dollar homes are more than just a place to hang your hat."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to depend or rely on something",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The research is interesting, but you cannot hang your hat on it."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to express surprise",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you think something is very unlikely to happen",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If she's here on time, I'll eat my hat!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you admire somebody very much for something they have done",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to keep something secret and not tell anyone else",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be very much better than somebody/something",
            "labels": "(British English, old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She knocks the rest of the cast into a cocked hat."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if something such as a name is picked out of a/the hat, it is picked at random from a container into which all the names are put, so that each name has an equal chance of being picked, in a competition, etc.",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to collect money from a number of people, for example to buy a present for somebody",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to suddenly produce something as a solution to a problem",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to say silly things while you are talking about a subject you do not understand",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to announce officially that you are going to compete in an election, a competition, etc.",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hæt/",
                "audio": "ha/hat/hat__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hæt/",
                "audio": "ha/hat/hat__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English hætt, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse hǫttr ‘hood’, also to hood."
}