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    Old hat
    /ˈōl(d) ˈhat/

    noun

    • 1. used to refer to something considered uninteresting, predictable, tritely familiar, or old-fashioned: informal "last year's electronics are already old hat"
  2. 1. : old-fashioned. 2. : lacking in freshness : trite. Examples of old hat in a Sentence. I suppose my favorite joke's a bit old hat by now. Making hit movies is old hat for him.

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  4. not modern or exciting: He may be old hat among the trendy younger generation, but his shows draw more viewers than any other comedian. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Tedious and uninspiring. (as) dull as ditchwater idiom. anonymous. banal. banally. basic.

  5. Old hat definition: old-fashioned; dated.. See examples of OLD HAT used in a sentence.

  6. old-hat. Anything that's old-hat has grown so familiar that it's boring or seems old-fashioned. Your grandfather's war stories might be fascinating to your friends, but after hearing them so many times, they're old-hat to you.

  7. Define old hat. old hat synonyms, old hat pronunciation, old hat translation, English dictionary definition of old hat. adj. 1. Behind the times; out of fashion: Last year's styles are old hat. 2. Trite from overuse; overly familiar: That prank is old hat.

  8. Jun 2, 2024 · old hat (comparative more old hat, superlative most old hat) Very familiar; common, hackneyed or out of date. [from 20th c.] Synonyms: banal, commonplace, cliché, démodé, passé, unchic; see also Thesaurus: unfashionable

  9. old hat. phrase. If you say that something or someone is old hat, you mean that they have existed or been known for a long time, and they have become uninteresting and boring. The song was probably old hat even then. See full dictionary entry for hat.

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