hat hair
An accidental messy hairdo resulting from the wearing of a hat.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“I cannot take off my beanie because I have terrible hat hair.”
“After wearing a helmet all morning, I had such bad hat hair that I had to fix it in the bathroom mirror.”
“Despite her attempt to look professional for the meeting, she suffered from unfortunate hat hair after removing her winter cap in the lobby.”
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all hat and no cattle
Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.
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all hat and no cowboy
Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.
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bad hair day
A day when things seem to be unmanageable or go wrong.
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barnet
[Cockney slang]hair
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black hat
A villain in a story, especially in a Western (a film or other work of the Western genre).
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brick in one's hat
Drunkenness.
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buy straw hats in winter
Of stocks, to buy when both demand and price are low, so as to sell when demand and price are high.
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curl someone's hair
To frighten, dismay, or excite someone thoroughly.
Last updated August 10, 2026