tam-o'-shanter

noun

Definition of tam-o'-shanternext
as in baseball cap

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  1. baseball cap
  2. cowboy hat
  3. silk hat
  4. top hat
  5. cocked hat
  6. stocking cap
  7. service cap
  8. high hat
Noun
  • After lunch, Gogi, who is wearing a too-small North Face baseball cap, sits in the garden beside a grandson playing on his phone.
    Kurt Johnson, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Benji paused, rubbing the edge of his baseball cap and pursing his lips.
    Annie Waldman, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of baseball cap
Noun
  • The aesthetic in the room was split between elk-hunting cabin and trendy coffee shop; some people wore jeans, work boots, or cowboy hats, while others were in leggings, puffy jackets, and hoodies.
    Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2024
  • From her dramatic entrance atop a Lipizzaner steed, replete in a white cowboy hat and knee-high boots, the 43-year-year-old immersed the crowd in her unique brand of country.
    Mike Wass, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of cowboy hat
Noun
  • Clockwise from top: A 1957 Balenciaga hat, Deirdre Hawken’s Cauliflower Headpiece from 2013, a layered silk hat from the 1940s, and a 1942 Germaine Vittu hat.
    Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Yet, Halston does clock something of use from the experience: a young woman in the audience who, among the sweater sets, is wearing a colorful silk hat.
    Whitney Friedlander, Vulture, 14 May 2021
Definition of silk hat
Noun
  • Patrick wore the tux and top hat, with a white button down and white scarf.
    Hedy Phillips, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Kelce came out on stage wearing a top hat and a black suit tail coat.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 4 Sep. 2024
Definition of top hat
Noun
  • One of the most popular traditional costumes was the bauta, which consisted of a full mask, a cape that covered the head and shoulders, and a tricorn or cocked hat.
    Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Heather Wilson, a nurse anesthetist, wore huge fake eyelashes and an absurd cocked hat.
    William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021
Definition of cocked hat
Noun
  • First-off, there might not be a Casey’s or Kwik Trip between the Twin Cities and New Ulm that carries a blaze orange stocking cap.
    Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Prisoners were given numbers instead of names, had a chain attached to one leg, and were dressed in smocks and stocking caps.
    Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
Definition of stocking cap
Noun
  • And blowing a whistle, a proletarian prophet in a red service cap.
    Ostap Kin, The New York Review of Books, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Thomas Redgate shows a smiling 24-year-old, a service cap crowning his head, a tan tie and shirt underneath his dress uniform.
    Denise Coffey, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2021
Definition of service cap
Noun
  • Going high hat just did not fit, and on Sept. 9, 1927, the Bernheimer flags came down.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2022
  • It’s one of those ABBA songs that fools you with its mirror ball synths, a classic disco rhythm on the high hat and lush harmonizing.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2021
Definition of high hat
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