high-hat

adj, noun, verb — 6 senses

high-hat

adj

1

disdainful; haughty

If she hasn't time for this or that, if she refuses to make or keep appointments, if her face does not greet all comers with a sweet and charming smile, then the word is passed around that ‘So-and-So is getting high-hat and up-stage.’1929 December, Betty Boone, “The Price of this Stardom”, in Screenland, page 22:

high-hat

noun

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 a long needle.2011, Dominic Lagan, The Coming Storm:

3

Broadcasting, Media, Television A low camera mount without tripod legs.

4

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Alternative Alternative form of hi-hat.

high-hat

verb

1

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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