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
Makram-Arabic
Noella-French
EarthaUR-thəEnglish
Severina-Italian, Portuguese, Croatian, German, Ancient Roman
Flynn[flin]
Suzumesoo-zoo-meJapanese (Rare)