old hat

adjective
UK: /ˌəʊld ˈhæt/
US: /ˌoʊld ˈhæt/

  1. Something that is no longer interesting, exciting, or fashionable.

    1. That style of music is old hat now.
    2. Using floppy disks to store data is really old hat in modern office environments.

Synonyms

outdated old-fashioned stale banal
old hat noun

  1. Something that is well known or no longer new.

    1. That joke is old hat.
    2. The idea of personalized learning is not old hat, but it has been around for a while.

Frequently Asked Questions

The phonetic transcription of "old hat" is /ˌəʊld ˈhæt/ in British English and /ˌoʊld ˈhæt/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "old hat": outdated, old-fashioned, stale, banal.

Example usage of "old hat": "That style of music is old hat now.". More examples on the page.