Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hatstand

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hat-stand
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A device used to store hats upon, consisting of a vertical pole with a sturdy base to prevent toppling, and an array of pegs to hold the hats.

British usage

adj

British usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"I'm sure the Brunel-designed stone-built structure would have had a hatstand for his trademark stovepipe. I can picture him rocking up there of a morning and lobbing it nonchalantly onto the hatstand."
"Chris Merriman is 43, comes from Rugby and is totally hatstand. Here's proof: Fave planet? "The Milky Way.""
""I'd have to be totally hatstand to do that! She'll recognize me.""

Etymology

* hat + stand * (crazy, insane): From the "Roger Irrelevant" strip in the Viz comic, where this was one of Roger's absurd non sequiturs.

Usage

British usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

hatstands (plural) hat stand (alternative) hat-stand (alternative) more hatstand (comparative) most hatstand (superlative)

Synonyms

coatstand hatrack coatrack

Questions

What does hatstand mean?: A device used to store hats upon, consisting of a vertical pole with a sturdy base to prevent toppling, and an array of pegs to hold the hats.
Where does hatstand come from?: * hat + stand * (crazy, insane): From the "Roger Irrelevant" strip in the Viz comic, where this was one of Roger's absurd non sequiturs.

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