hat hair

noun

An accidental messy hairdo resulting from the wearing of a hat.

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Meanings

nounhat hair (uncountable)
  1. idiomaticuncountableAn accidental messy hairdo resulting from the wearing of a hat.

    Beanie hair: Officially the worst hat hair to have: flat, fuzzy and drab.

    2012 December 7, Zara, “The Measure: what's hot and what's not”, in The Guardian, retrieved 13 Mar 2018
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    But winter can also be judged by the prominence of another scourge, one that is especially irksome in a city that places a premium on being well-groomed and immaculately coiffed: hat hair.

    2003 February 17, Elissa Gootman, “A Chill Most Bitter: Learning to Accept Hat Hair”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 May 2015

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
hat head
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APA

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MLA

“hat hair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hat%20hair. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hat hair,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hat%20hair.

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