About The Word Pat
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Pat
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What's The Definition Of Pat?
[n] a light touch or stroke
[n] the sound made by a gentle blow [adv] completely or perfectly; "he has the lesson pat"; "had the system down pat" [adj] exactly suited to the occasion; "a pat reply" [adj] having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial" [v] hit lightly [v] pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, esp. under the chin Synonyms | Synonyms for Pat: appropriate | chuck | dab | dab | glib | plausible | rap | slick | tap | tap Related Terms | Find terms related to Pat: a propos | ad rem | adamant | adamantine | adapted | applicable | apposite | appreciated | apprehended | appropriate | apropos | apt | artful endearments | ascertained | at a standstill | batch | beak | becoming | befitting | blandishments | block | brush | bulk | bump | bunt | caress | chink | chuck | chunk | click | clink | clod | clop | clump | clunk | cocker | coddle | comprehended | conceived | cosset | crump | dab | dandle | discerned | dovetailing | down pat | dull thud | endearment | felicitous | fillip | firm | fit | fitted | fitting | flick | flip | flirt | flump | fondle | frozen | geared | gob | grasped | graze | happy | honeyed words | hunk | immobile | immotile | immotive | immovable | inflexible | irremovable | just right | known | likely | loaf | lump | mass | meshing | nugget | on the button | opportune | pad | patter | peck | perceived | pet | pick | pitapat | pitter-patter | plump | plunk | pop | prehended | qualified | quantity | rap | realized | recognized | relevant | right | rigid | seasonable | seized | snap | soft words | sortable | standpat | stationary | suitable | suited | suiting | sweet nothings | sweet talk | tailored | tap | thud | thump | tick | tickle | tinkle | tip | to the point | to the purpose | touch | tunk | understood | unmovable | unmoving | unyielding | wad | whisk See Also | caress | pitter-patter | sound | strike | touch | touching Pat In Webster's Dictionary \Pat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Patted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Patting}.] [Cf. G. patschen, Prov. G. patzen, to strike,
tap.]
To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly;
to tap; as, to pat a dog.
Gay pats my shoulder, and you vanish quite. --Pope.
\Pat\, n. 1. A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap. 2. A small mass, as of butter, shaped by pats. It looked like a tessellated work of pats of butter. --Dickens. \Pat\, a. [Cf. pat a light blow, D. te pas convenient, pat, where pas is fr. F. passer to pass.] Exactly suitable; fit; convenient; timely. ``Pat allusion.'' --Barrow. \Pat\, adv. In a pat manner. I foresaw then 't would come in pat hereafter. --Sterne. |
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