pat
Meaning of pat
noun
- The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep
- A light tap or slap, especially with the hands
- A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.
- To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
To show affection, he decided he would pat the boy on the head.
- To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat
I patted the cookie dough into shape.
- To stroke or fondle (an animal).
Do you want to pat the cat?
- To gently rain.
- Timely, suitable, apt, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken.
a pat expression
- Trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality.
- Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
- Perfectly.
He has the routine down pat.
- Patent.
- Pattern.
Information about pat
- The plural form of pat is: pats.
- Languages in which pat is used:
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Hyphenation of pat
pat
- It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
- pat is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
pat synonyms
Meaning glib:
Meaning rap:
Meaning tap:
Meaning chuck:
Meaning dab:
Anagrams of pat
Words that rhyme with pat
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