top hat

noun

: a tall-crowned hat usually of beaver or silk

Examples of top hat in a Sentence

He wore a top hat and tails.
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Filmed by the owner from inside a car, the video first shows a dark figure in the corner—a skeleton with a beard and top hat—facing the wall. Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025 So there’s also the lizard, the top hat with the veil moment, the secret handshake — which, in our version, becomes a five-minute production number. Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025 This was a new guitar-wielding D’Angelo, in a bandana or a top hat, more Sly and George Clinton than seductive soul crooner. Marcus J. Moore, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2025 Their founders quite literally wore top hats. Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for top hat

Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of top hat was in 1864

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“Top hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top%20hat. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

top hat

noun
: a man's hat with a tall crown

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