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high-hatting

high-hatting is the present participle and gerund of high-hat.

Meaning of high-hat

Verb

high-hat (third-person singular simple present high-hats, present participle high-hatting, simple past and past participle high-hatted)

  1. (transitive) To snub or treat condescendingly.
    • I don't high-hat technical words, because I know there a lot of things that can't be said any other way, but the doctor's lengthy explanation simply boiled down to this, that[…].1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, Bantam, published 1992, →ISBN, page 139

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Questions about high-hatting

What is high-hatting the present participle and gerund of?
High-hatting is the present participle and gerund of high-hat.

Words near high-hatting in the dictionary

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

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