I. noun
1. : beaver 3
2. usually high-hat ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ : one who assumes an attitude of superiority : snob , swell
amid the gasps of the high-hats he … threw in his lot with the British Labor Party — New Republic
II. noun
or hi-hat ˈ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷
: a pair of cymbals operated by a foot pedal