high hat
[noun]
Synonyms: snob, snoot, snot
[adjective]
Synonyms: snobbish, dicty, potty, snobby, snooty

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high-hat noun

1. a pair of cymbals on a set of drums, operated by the foot

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high hat
high-hat¹ adj., slang Treating others as inferior; acting above others. It was an expensive place to eat, and the customers were likely to be a little high-hat. Jones acted high-hat toward anyone poorer than he.
high-hat² v., slang To treat others as inferior; look down on.
After she had married a rich man, Mary high-hatted her former friends.
"Don't high-hat me," Fred warned, when Harry began to walk away as if he didn't know him.
Compare: BRUSH OFF.

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