Definition of "hi-hat" []

• A pair of cymbals as part of a drum kit that clash together when actuated by the foot pedal. (noun)

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• "Ian Smith, the former New Zealand wicketkeeper, titled his autobiography Just a Drummer in the Band, and by his analogy Matthew Prior's keeping, agile, focused and supremely relaxed, sounds like Ringo Starr jauntily riding the hi-hat and nailing the fills while Mahendra Singh Dhoni, jaded, diffident and his timing gone to cock, reverberates like a one-man band tumbling down a marble staircase."
• "For long periods at a time I only worked with a snare drum and hi-hat and then a bass drum and then finally a ride cymbal and eventually a couple of toms."
• "I learned to play brushes very early and intensely when I first started playing because I only had a snare drum and then a snare drum and a hi-hat."