English Dictionary: Pat | by the DICT Development Group |
6 results for Pat | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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. 2. (1998-05-09) |