dictionary definitions for "old-hat"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  old-hat \old-hat\ pred. adj.
     same as old-fashioned, a., 2. [Narrower terms:
     {unfashionable (vs. fashionable)}]
  
     Syn: antique, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date, passe,
          passee.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  old-hat
      adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
             "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and
             commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer";
             "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn
             axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn:
             banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat,
             shopworn, {stock(a)}, threadbare, timeworn,
             tired, trite, well-worn]
      2: out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance";
         "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" [syn:
         antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, {old-hat(p)},
         outmoded, passe, passee]


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