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    old hat
    /ˌəʊl(d) ˈhat/

    noun

    • 1. something tediously familiar or outdated: informal "last year's electronics are already old hat"

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  2. adjective [ not gradable ] us / ˈoʊldˈhæt / Add to word list. infml not interesting because of being familiar: The winter coats and jackets we saw in the fashion show looked like old hat to me. (Definition of old hat from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of old hat?

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

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

  6. something that is old-fashioned and no longer interesting. Today's hits rapidly become old hat.

  7. 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.

  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.