Meaning

3 senses
  1. (idiomatic, transitive)A villain in a story, especially in a Western (a film or other work of the Western genre).

  2. (slang)A malicious hacker, one who violates computer security out of malice or for personal gain.

  3. A Haredi Jew; a member of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.

Examples

30 sentences
  1. She was wearing a black hat.

    Вона була в чорному капелюсі. — zinova

    ruОна была в чёрной шляпе. — paul_lingvo

    deSie trug einen schwarzen Hut. — MUIRIEL

  2. Tom was wearing a black hat.

    Том був у чорному капелюсі. — deniko

    ruТом носил черную шляпу. — odexed

    deTom trug einen schwarzen Hut. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom often wears a black hat.

    Том часто носить чорний капелюх. — deniko

    ruТом часто ходит в чёрной шляпе. — marafon

    deTom hat oft einen schwarzen Hut auf. — raggione

  4. Tom is wearing a black hat.

    ruУ Тома на голове чёрная шляпа. — odexed

    deTom trägt einen schwarzen Hut. — Yorwba

  5. Tom wasn't wearing a black hat.

    ruТом был не в чёрной шляпе. — marafon

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From the black stetsons (cowboy hats) traditionally worn by such villains. From the black

From the black stetsons (cowboy hats) traditionally worn by such villains.

From the black hats traditionally worn by men in Haredi communities.

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Forms

plural: black hats
Singularblack hat
Pluralblack hats

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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