pat : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pat	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for pat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pat adv completely or perfectly; "he has the lesson pat"; "had the system down pat" adj having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial" Synonym(s): glib, pat, slick exactly suited to the occasion; "a pat reply" n the sound made by a gentle blow Synonym(s): pat, rap, tap a light touch or stroke Synonym(s): tap, pat, dab v pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin Synonym(s): chuck, pat hit lightly; "pat him on the shoulder" Synonym(s): dab, pat
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. [bd]Pat allusion.[b8] --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 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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PAT 1. {Personalized Array Translator}. 2. {Port Address Translation}. (1998-05-09)