bucket hat

noun

plural bucket hats
: a cloth hat (as of canvas or twill) with a downward-sloping brim and a soft circular crown
… to me there is nothing more intimidating than wearing a bucket hat. That brimmed shape—always tight fitted to the head—reminds me of hats I'd wear as a kid.Christian Allaire

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The 300-square-foot store, located in the McNamara Terminal at Gate 34, will offer its Swingman logo sweatshirts, tracksuits, polos and bucket hats and will be operated in partnership with Paradies Lagardère, the operator of PGA Tour shops. Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 7 July 2025 In Cardiff, a shopping mall has installed a 250-square-foot mural of Liam and Noel made entirely of bucket hats. Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 July 2025 Every bar was blasting Oasis, nearly every chest was emblazoned with the Oasis logo, and seemingly every head covered by the ubiquitous bucket hat as the city became a giant Liam Gallagher Lookalike Competition in which Liam himself would have been lucky to make the Top 10. Mark Sutherland, Variety, 4 July 2025 One man in a denim jacket and sunglasses questioned a man in a red shirt and bucket hat on whether Combs is going to prison and whether Combs is going to prison. Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 3 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for bucket hat

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bucket hat was in 1934

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“Bucket hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bucket%20hat. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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