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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. Recent Examples on the Web The bad news for those workers is that big cities are hardly old hat, and Moretti anticipates that they’re primed for a major comeback.

  3. noun [ U ] disapproving uk / ˌəʊld ˈhæt / us / ˌoʊld ˈhæt / Add to word list. 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. anonymous. banally. basic. be (as) dull as ditchwater idiom.

  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. anonymous. banal. banally. basic. be (as) dull as ditchwater idiom.

  5. 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.

  6. 2 days ago · 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.

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

  8. 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.

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