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How to pronounce high-hat

American English pronunciation

HY-hat

IPA
/ˈhaɪˌhæt/
Syllables
HY · hat (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)

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What high-hat means

verb

To treat someone as beneath you; to snub

In a sentence: After she won the prize, Jen began to high-hat her old friends and stopped saying hello.

Where it comes from: No one is sure exactly where it came from. It seems to picture a proud person in a tall top hat.

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