old-hat

2 definitions found

old-hat - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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     Syn: antique, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date, passe,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]

old-hat - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]