Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pat"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pat \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pat \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pat \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pat \Pat\, adv.
In a pat manner.
I foresaw then 't would come in pat hereafter.
--Sterne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pat
adj 1: having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a
slick commercial" [syn: {glib}, {slick}]
2: exactly suited to the occasion; "a pat reply"
n 1: the sound made by a gentle blow [syn: {rap}, {tap}]
2: a light touch or stroke [syn: {tap}, {dab}]
adv : completely or perfectly; "he has the lesson pat"; "had the
system down pat"
v 1: pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, esp. under the chin
[syn: {chuck}]
2: hit lightly [syn: {dab}]
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