tip (one's) hat



tip (one's) hat

To raise or tilt the brim of one's hat as a salutation, greeting, or mark of respect. It would be nice to live in a time when folks would tip their hats to you when you entered a room. When her father tipped his hat to me, I knew that he had come to accept me as part of the family.
See also: hat, tip

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Katarin-Breton
Camillakə-MIL-ə (English), kah-MEEL-lah (Italian, Danish), KAH-meel-lah (Finnish)English, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, German, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
AliÉNora-lye-NOR (French)Occitan
Ash[æʃ]
Trecia-English (Rare)
Walahfrid-Ancient Germanic