Tuques and dialects - What do you call a knitted cap in your region/dialect? [closed]

Solution 1:

I have heard them called toboggans, but where I grew up (NE USA) there was no word that was specific that type of hat. Where I live now (SE USA), they are called "ski caps", probably since a ski slope is about the only place they are needed.

Solution 2:

They are called beanies in South Africa, and this also seems true in many other parts of the world.

Solution 3:

American English speaker here, native of California. I'd call it a stocking cap or knit cap. A plain, tight-fitting model could be a watch cap; these are favored by the stereotypical burglar and other shady characters. (If you search Google Images for "burglar," all of them are wearing either a watch cap, a ski mask (aka balaclava), or, for British burglars, a cloth cap.)

Solution 4:

Years ago all the ones I can remember looked like this...

...so here in the UK we called them bobble hats. They don't usually have a "bobble" these days, so we just call them woolly hats.

Solution 5:

The Oxford Historical Thesaurus lists the following (not all of which are exactly toques):

• Scottish/Scotch/statute/blue/stocking/toboggan cap
• Scotch/blue/Highland bonnet
• Kilmarnock cowl, Welsh wig, scone, glengarry, beret, Balmoral, tam-o'-shanter, tammy, tam, toboggan.