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Pat   /pæt/   Listen
Pat

noun
1.
The sound made by a gentle blow.  Synonyms: rap, tap.
2.
A light touch or stroke.  Synonyms: dab, tap.
verb
(past & past part. patted; pres. part. patting)
1.
Pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin.  Synonym: chuck.
2.
Hit lightly.  Synonym: dab.
adjective
1.
Having only superficial plausibility.  Synonyms: glib, slick.  "A slick commercial"
2.
Exactly suited to the occasion.
adverb
1.
Completely or perfectly.  "Had the system down pat"



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"Pat" Quotes from Famous Books



... er y new' fan gled thatch chink' ing as par' a gus im mense' sauce' pan de mol' ish ing sa' vor y pat' terns ag' gra ...
— De La Salle Fifth Reader • Brothers of the Christian Schools

... it!" she begged, giving his arm a little pat. "I'm here and it can't be helped now. I was only afraid you'd find me before it was too ...
— Spawn of the Comet • Harold Thompson Rich

... of stretching, Pat, considering you've been twenty miles, at least, this morning, over the mountains," replied the Squireen. But Patrick was out of hearing; he had leapt over a stone wall which separated his father's potato ground from Cornelius ...
— The Poacher - Joseph Rushbrook • Frederick Marryat

... trivial affair the opportunity for a scheme of the gravest import; difficult, perilous, perhaps impracticable, but so tempting in its possibilities that he soon resolved to hazard everything on the chance of success. Basil's departure from Rome, which he had desired for other reasons, fell pat for the device now shaping itself in his mind. A day or two after, early in the morning, he went to Heliodora's house, and sent in a message begging private speech with the lady. As he had expected, he was ...
— Veranilda • George Gissing

... affection. Red as his and is with the blood of fish, you pant to grasp it and press it to yours. You go with him to the fishing as you would with a bright-eyed boy, relishing his simple-hearted enthusiasm, and leaning down to listen to his precocious remarks, and to pat his curly head. It is the prevalence of the childlike element which makes Walton's 'Angler' rank with Bunyan's 'Pilgrim,' 'Robinson Crusoe,' and White's 'Natural History of Selborne,' as among the most delightful books in the language. Its descriptions of nature, ...
— Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete • George Gilfillan


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