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high-hats

high-hats is the plural of high-hat.

Meaning of high-hat

Noun

high-hat (plural high-hats)

  1. (slang) A person who acts in a superior manner.
  2. (slang) A large pill of opium for smoking.
    • A young Chinese woman with a plait down to her waist bowed to them both and then continued cutting up the bricks of opium into smaller pieces. […] "High-hats. Five dollars a pound," he explained to Mannion, pointing to the large pills or 'pocks' that the girl held over a candle flame at the end of...2011, Dominic Lagan, The Coming Storm
    Synonyms:
    aunti/aunti Emma, big O, chandu, Chinese tobacco, dopium, dream gun, dream stick, fi-do-nie, gee, God's medicine
  3. A low camera mount without tripod legs.

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Questions about high-hats

What is high-hats the plural of?
High-hats is the plural of high-hat.

Words near high-hats in the dictionary

  1. high-handed
  2. high-handedly
  3. high-handedness
  4. high-hanging fruit
  5. high-hat
  6. high-hats
  7. high-hatted
  8. high-hatting
  9. high-hearted
  10. high-heartedly
  11. high-heartedness

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