hatstand

See also: hat-stand and hat stand

English

Alternative forms

• hat stand, hat-stand

Etymology

• hat +‎ stand
• (crazy, insane): From the "Roger Irrelevant" strip in the Viz comic, where this was one of Roger's absurd non sequiturs.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hatstand (plural hatstands)

1. (UK) A device used to store hats upon, consisting of a vertical pole with a sturdy base to prevent toppling, and an array of pegs to hold the hats.
   • 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chippenham (1841)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57:

     I'm sure the Brunel-designed stone-built structure would have had a hatstand for his trademark stovepipe. I can picture him rocking up there of a morning and lobbing it nonchalantly onto the hatstand.

Synonyms

• (pole with pegs): coatstand; hatrack, coatrack (US)

Translations

hat rack — see hat rack

Adjective

hatstand (comparative more hatstand, superlative most hatstand)

1. (UK, slang) Crazy, insane.
   • 1988 December, Your Sinclair, number 36, page 118:

     Chris Merriman is 43, comes from Rugby and is totally hatstand. Here's proof: Fave planet? "The Milky Way."

   • 2011, D. Leonard Freeston, The Sixth Extinction, page 282:

     "I'd have to be totally hatstand to do that! She'll recognize me."

References

• hatstand on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:coatracks on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “hatstand”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.