High-hat

Full definition of high-hat

Adjective

1. disdainful; haughty

Noun

1. (slang) A person claiming to be superior.

Verb

verb

1. (transitive) To snub or treat condescendingly.
• 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam Books edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 139:I don't high-hat technical words, because I know there a lot of things that can't be said any other way, but the doctor's lengthy explanation simply boiled down to this, that....