pat

Speech parts

1. pat - Noun

2. pat - Adjective

3. pat - Verb

4. pat - Adverb

6. pat - Adjective Satellite

7. Pat - Proper noun

Meaning

To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly; to tap; as, to pat a dog.

A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap.

A small mass, as of butter, shaped by pats.

Exactly suitable; fit; convenient; timely.

In a pat manner.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dab tap chuck buss paw patter right press Patrick stroke handy apropos caress cuddle seasonable
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Antonyms

natural belt hit lot wrong ignore
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Hypernyms

sound caress strike touch touching fondle

Hyponyms

pitter-patter

Phrases with the word

pat on the back on the Pat and Mick on one's pat on one's Pat Malone pat. pend. pat oneself on the back

Derivatives

patted patting

Examples

The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself. Gerald Ford

I'm not an animal lover if that means you think things are nice if you can pat them, but I am intoxicated by animals. David Attenborough

I'd like to congratulate myself, and thank myself, and give myself a big pat on the back. Dee Dee Ramone

I'm a fart in a gale of wind, a humble violet under a cow pat. Djuna Barnes

Cyaa tan fur, t'row saal inna pat. Jamaican Proverb

Fair words winna mak the pat bile. Scottish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

pasuk Paswan Paszkiewicz pat down Pat Heung pat leave