tip one's hat

verb

To briefly remove or tap one's hat as a gesture of greeting, deference, or respect.

“I tip my hat to whoever invented the root beer float.”

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Meanings

verbtip one's hat (third-person singular simple present tips one's hat, present participle tipping one's hat, simple past and past participle tipped one's hat)

present singular third person tips one's hat · participle present tipping one's hat · participle past tipped one's hat · past tipped one's hat

  1. To briefly remove or tap one's hat as a gesture of greeting, deference, or respect.
  2. idiomaticTo acknowledge or show respect; to honor.

    I tip my hat to whoever invented the root beer float.

Translations

Catalan llevar-se la gorra
  • llevar-se la gorrabriefly remove one's hat
Finnish nostaa hattua, nostaa hattua
  • nostaa hattuabriefly remove one's hat
  • nostaa hattuahonour
French tirer son chapeau
  • tirer son chapeauhonour
German den Hut ziehen, den Hut lüften
  • den Hut ziehenbriefly remove one's hat
  • den Hut lüftenbriefly remove one's hat
  • sich an den Hut tippenbriefly tap one's hat
  • die Hand an den Hut legenbriefly tap one's hat
  • den Hut ziehenhonour
Italian scappellarsi
  • scappellarsihonour
Polish zdejmować kapelusz, zdjąć kapelusz
  • zdejmować kapeluszbriefly remove one's hat
  • zdjąć kapeluszbriefly remove one's hat
  • skinąć kapeluszembriefly tap one's hat
  • chylić czołahonour
Swedish ta av sig hatten
  • ta av sig hattenbriefly remove one's hat
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APA

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Chicago

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