Meanings
noungimme hat (plural gimme hats)
plural gimme hats
- Synonym of trucker hat.
“It's from those nylon baseball caps they used to wear, got black nylon mesh on the back, for ventilation? My mother used to call those ‘gimme’ hats . . .”
1999, William Gibson, All Tomorrow's Parties (Bridge trilogy; book 3), New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 139Synonyms: trucker hat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of trucker hat.
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Origin
So called because sometimes given away as freebies.
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gimme hat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gimme%20hat
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“gimme hat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gimme%20hat. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gimme hat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gimme%20hat.
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