"high-hat" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-high-hat.ogg Forms: more high-hat [comparative], most high-hat [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} high-hat (comparative more high-hat, superlative most high-hat)
  1. disdainful; haughty Synonyms: arrogant Translations (disdainful): надменен (nadmenen) (Bulgarian), високомерен (visokomeren) (Bulgarian), kenopäinen (Finnish), hochnäsig (German), надме́нный (nadménnyj) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-high-hat-en-adj-Tll2WBQo

Noun

Audio: En-au-high-hat.ogg Forms: high-hats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} high-hat (plural high-hats)
  1. (slang) A person who acts in a superior manner. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-high-hat-en-noun-gDh046E2
  2. (slang) A large pill of opium for smoking. Tags: slang Synonyms: opium
    Sense id: en-high-hat-en-noun-IjkxGGwO
  3. (television) A low camera mount without tripod legs. Categories (topical): Television
    Sense id: en-high-hat-en-noun-7NZmvg0u Topics: broadcasting, media, television
  4. (music) Alternative form of hi-hat Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hi-hat Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-high-hat-en-noun-ZP4aZQf~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 6 4 6 44 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 4 4 4 44 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 3 4 5 47 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 3 3 4 47 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 2 6 8 7 41 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 2 6 8 5 41 38 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 5 7 6 41 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 0 4 5 5 41 46 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Verb

Audio: En-au-high-hat.ogg Forms: high-hats [present, singular, third-person], high-hatting [participle, present], high-hatted [participle, past], high-hatted [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Related terms: hi-hat
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hi-hat"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, Bantam, published 1992, →ISBN, page 139:",
          "text": "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[…].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To snub or treat condescendingly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snub",
          "snub"
        ],
        [
          "condescending",
          "condescending"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To snub or treat condescendingly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-high-hat.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dc/En-au-high-hat.ogg/En-au-high-hat.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/En-au-high-hat.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "high-hat"
}

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