noun
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The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep
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A light tap or slap, especially with the hands
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A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.
verb
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To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
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To show affection, he decided he would pat the boy on the head.
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To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat
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I patted the cookie dough into shape.
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To stroke or fondle (an animal).
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Do you want to pat the cat?
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To gently rain.
adjective
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Timely, suitable, apt, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken.
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a pat expression
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Trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality.
adverb
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Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
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Perfectly.
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He has the routine down pat.
Examples of pat in a Sentence
He's let other people pat him.
Dean smiled and gave the old man a pat on the arm.
When Dean didn't introduce himself, Faust gave Jennifer what he meant as an "old boy" pat on her arm and added, "Checking out the property one last time?"
Alex gave her hand another pat as he stood.
I was just about to pat myself on the back for weaseling out the location of Corbin's tent.
Blessed is Pat man fiat haft not gone in fie counsell of wicked men, and in fie weye of sinfull men hap not stonde, and in fie chaire of pestilence sat not.
She bent down, kissed him, and gave him a pat on his behind.
Take this and this!' and I hit him so pat, stwaight on his snout...
I bent down to pat a dog but it was like he wasn't there.
Importations of the substance had been made at earlier times under the name of pat, an East Indian native term by which the fibre continued to be spoken of in England till the early years of the 19th century, when it was supplanted by the name it now bears.
He gave Dean a knowing pat on the shoulder as he left.
A big pat on the back is justified for all of you involved.
That became the prelude to Pat Finucane's killing.
For heat rash, sponge baby with cool water, pat her dry, then apply calamine lotion.
A year before, on 12 February 1989, Eleanor McKerr's lawyer, Pat Finucane was murdered by loyalists in Belfast.
Over the summer our gift shop manageress, Pat Swan, retired.
Meanwhile, Arun has noticed the spark of chemistry between Pat and Sheena and is quick to allow the green-eyed monster to surface.
Beloved wife of Leonard, dearly loved mother of John and daughter-in-law Pat, and devoted nan to Peter and Tim.
Pat Robertson used them to try to win the republican nomination for the presidency of the United States, but failed.
And this morning it is giving itself a massive pat on the back with a truly obscene bit of self-promotion.
Drain the raisins and gently pat them dry with paper towels.
Crowds gathered on prices ever starting congressman pat toomey island at noon.
For example, fungi help turn a cow pat into soil.
M finds an open patisserie & buys us some pat.
His wife sadly predeceased him in 1997 but we send our sympathies to his son John, daughter Pat and their families.
I knew I ought to ask Pat to the senior prom.
One of them was Pat Harte, former quartermaster of the 3rd Battalion, West Cork Brigade.
Pat Magee, who planted the bomb and is not remorseful, was in the wrong.
In 1880 Pat Garrett was elected sheriff of Lincoln County.
Pat Cherry brought an unusual shaped brass candle snuffer and a signature rocking blotter pad.
Ros talks to Pat in another cell in solitary through the toilet bowl to try to find out why she is in solitary.
Pat hens dry with paper towels; brush off excess pickling spice.
Then dry it in a salad spinner of pat dry gently with paper towels.
When Pat suddenly stumbles on a disused manhole behind a washing machine, she is hopeful she has found a solution.
Pat Barton & Terry Robertson did a smashing job with their hot supper which was greatly appreciated.
Pat, nothing Lee telt yi ti say is gonnae stop mi.
Apply the makeup starting at the forehead and working your way down in small circles, (using a press and pat motion with a sponge) concentrating on the t-zone, layer makeup as needed for areas that need more coverage.
Think more Pat Benatar than Courtney Love.
A happily married daughter earns you a pat on the back for a job well done.
Pat the fondant evenly all around the cake, and cut off any excess at the bottom.
Besides Jones, Foreman will join judges Sara Blakely, creator of Spanx shapewear, and Pat Croce, a former NBA executive.
Born in Houston, Texas and raised in Charleston, West Virginia, Jennifer is the middle child to Bill and Pat Garner and is one of the three Garner sisters.
His family later relocated to the slightly larger town of Longview, Texas where Matthew would spend the remainder of his childhood with his parents Kay and Jim and his two brothers Michael and Pat.
Brit does deserve a little pat on the back for not joining the drunk driving girls club that includes Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Mischa Barton and Nicole Richie.
So, this man is going to court to face one charge and decides to bring a little bit of heroin with him knowing that he was going to get a pat down as he was going to go through security?
Enjoy this interview with Pat Kiernan, a familiar face in New Yok City where he anchors the popular morning news on NY1.
It would be fun to somehow interject in that with a "Pat Kiernan as himself" cameo.
If you enjoyed this interview with Pat Kiernan, be sure to visit Pat's Papers and follow him on Twitter.
Take them one at a time, and practice them until you have them down pat.
Through their Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast cancer, Barbara and Pat have pledged to raise over one million dollars to establish a breast cancer research facility at the Indiana University School of Medicine.