LekhoriLekhoriThe sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep.
We heard a pat on the door.
A light tap or slap, especially with the hands.
Give Mary a pat on the shoulder to get her attention.
Clipping of patent.
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
Exactly suitable, fitting, apt; timely, convenient, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken.
a pat expression
Trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality.
While most AIDS activists and researchers I spoke with agreed I shouldn't offer pat safe/unsafe categories, let me share some pretty widely accepted information.
Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
Now might I do it pat
Perfectly.
He has the routine down pat.
A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.
A diminutive of the male given name Patrick.
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From Middle English *patten, alteration (with loss of medial l) of platten, pletten (“to pat”), from Old English plættan (“to buffet, strike, slap, smack, give a sounding blow”), from Proto-Germanic *...
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I patted the cookie dough into shape.
To stroke or fondle (an animal). .
Do you want to pat the cat?
Upper-class, nobby.
Straight, right, exactly, precisely.
Wauwa Pease says of the strategic position of the Pirates in the dining room: “They have taken the table near the upper doorway so they can make a speedy exit in case their lair is raided.” Of course, the Wauwas stand pat in the middle of the dining room, having nothing to fear.
A surname from Khmer or Yucatec Maya.