Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wear two hats

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables: wear t-wo hats
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To have two different roles.

Example Sentences

"The policeman wore two hats, having an administrative role as well as patrolling the beat."
"Many a person wears two hats in daily life: friend and coworker, student and teacher, wife and mother, husband and father."
"Shepard: I wear a lot of hats, Mr. Vargas. Some days I shut down criminals. Some days I defuse nukes. Some days I like to enjoy private vices. You understand me?"

Inflected Forms

wears two hats (present, singular) wearing two hats (participle, present) wore two hats (past) worn two hats (participle, past)

Phrases

double-hat triple-hat wear too many hats alternative metaphors: bottlewasher on one's plate too many balls in the air

Frequently Paired Words

double-hat triple-hat wear too many hats coinstantiate factotum alternative metaphors: bottlewasher on one's plate too many balls in the air

Questions

What does wear two hats mean?: To have two different roles.

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