- flat-hat
- intransitive verb Etymology: from an alleged incident in which a pedestrian's hat was crushed by a low-flying plane Date: 1940 to fly low in an airplane in a reckless manner ; hedgehop • flat-hatter noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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flat-hat — (flătʹhăt ) intr.v. flat ·hat·ted, flat ·hat·ting, flat ·hats To fly an airplane close to the ground and at a high or dangerous speed. * * * … Universalium
flat-hat — verb fly very close to the ground • Syn: ↑hedgehop • Hypernyms: ↑fly, ↑aviate, ↑pilot • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ … Useful english dictionary
flat´-hat´ter — flat hat «FLAT HAT», intransitive verb, hat|ted, hat|ting. U.S. Slang. to fly needlessly or dangerously low: »[He] was flat hatting along Highway 1, only 100 ft. off the [surface] (Time). –flat´ hat´ter, noun … Useful english dictionary
Flat Hat Club — The Flat Hat Club (as it was known outside its membership) or F.H.C. Society was the first of the collegiate secret societies or fraternities founded in the present United States, at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, on… … Wikipedia
flat-hat — v. fly a plane at low altitudes close to the ground, hedgehop … English contemporary dictionary
The Flat Hat — Infobox Newspaper name = The Flat Hat caption = type = Twice weekly newspaper format = Broadsheet foundation = 1911 ceased publication = price = owners = The College of William Mary publisher = editor = chiefeditor = Austin Wright maneditor =… … Wikipedia
flat-hatter — noun see flat hat … New Collegiate Dictionary
flat-hatter — noun see flat hat … Useful english dictionary
Flat cap — Side View Flat Cap Frontal A flat cap is a rounde … Wikipedia
flat — flat1 [flat] adj. flatter, flattest [ME < ON flatr, akin to OHG flaz < IE * plāt, plēt , wide, flat (> Gr platys, broad, OE flet, floor) < base * plā , broad] 1. having a smooth, level surface; having little or no depression or… … English World dictionary
