Definizione monolingua

pat

pat (third-person singular simple present pats, present participle patting, simple past and past participle patted)

1. To (gently) tap the flat of ones hand on a person or thing.

   To show affection, he decided he would pat the boy on the head.

2. To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat

   I patted the cookie dough into shape.

   • 1900, L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

     Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.

3. To gently rain.

pat (plural pats)

1. The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep
2. A light tap or slap, especially with the hands
3. A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.

pat (not comparable)

1. trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality

   Your manager is not going to be satisfied with your pat ideas for the new project.

   • 2010, New York Times, Editorial: Jobs and the Class of 2010, May 23.

     The pat answer is that college students should consider graduate school as a way to delay a job search until things turn around, and that more high school students should go to college to improve their prospects.

2. timely and suitable

pat (comparative more pat, superlative most pat)

1. (obsolete) opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
   • c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet III.iii

     Now might I do it pat

2. Perfectly.

   He has the routine down pat.

Definizione dizionario pat

accarezzare

buffetto

carezza

dare un buffetto

pronto

scrivere a macchina

Altri significati:

patent

To gently rain.

The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep

A light tap or slap, especially with the hands

to tap gently

A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.

To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat

trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality

(obsolete) opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.

timely and suitable

Perfectly.

To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.

(to) pat (on the shoulder)

pat (on the shoulder)