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high hat

high hat is the alternative form 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.

See all 5 meanings of high-hat

Forms of high hat

pluralhigh hats

Questions about high hat

What is high hat the alternative form of?
High hat is the alternative form of high-hat.

Words near high hat in the dictionary

  1. high grounds
  2. High Halden
  3. High Halstow
  4. High Ham
  5. High Harrington
  6. high hat
  7. high hats
  8. high heel
  9. high heels
  10. High Holidays
  11. high hopes

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