Old-hat

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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     Syn: antique, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date, passe,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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}, {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}]