(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a head covering, often with a brim round it, which is usually worn out of doors to give protection from the weather.
N-COUNT
2.
If you say t~ someone is wearing a particular ~, you mean t~ they are performing a particular role at t~ time. If you say t~ they wear several ~s, you mean t~ they have several roles or jobs.
...putting on my nationalistic ~.
...various problems, including too many people wearing too many ~s.
N-COUNT: with supp
3.
If you say t~ you are ready to do something at the drop of a ~, you mean t~ you are willing to do it immediately, without hesitating.
India is one part of the world I would go to at the drop of a ~.
PHRASE: PHR after v
4.
If you tell someone to keep a piece of information under their ~, you are asking them not to tell anyone else about it.
Look, if I tell you something, will you promise to keep it under your ~?...
PHRASE: V inflects
5.
If you say t~ something or someone is old ~, you mean t~ they have existed or been known for a long time, and they have become uninteresting and boring.
The younger generation tell me t~ religion is ‘old ~’ and science has proved this.
PHRASE: v-link PHR
6.
In British English, if you pass the ~ around, you collect money from a group of people, for example in order to give someone a present. In American English, you just say pass the ~.
Professors are passing the ~ to help staff in their department.
PHRASE: V inflects
7.
If you say t~ you take your ~ off to someone, you mean t~ you admire them for something t~ they have done.
I take my ~ off to Mr Clarke for taking this action...
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n approval
8.
To pull something out of the ~ means to do something unexpected which helps you to succeed, often when you are failing.
Southampton had somehow managed to pull another Cup victory out of the ~.
PHRASE: V inflects
9.
In competitions, if you say t~ the winners will be drawn or picked out of the ~, you mean t~ they will be chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance of winning.
The first 10 correct entries drawn out of the ~ will win a pair of tickets, worth ?20 each.
PHRASE: PHR after v
10.
to knock something into a cocked ~: see cocked ~