Definition of old-hat
(adj)
repeated too often;
overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a
stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting
some timeworn axiom"; "the trite
metaphor `hard as nails'"
out of fashion; "a
suit of
rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"