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Pat

Definition: Pat

Pat

Adjective

1. Having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial".

2. Exactly suited to the occasion; "a pat reply".

Adverb

1. Completely or perfectly; "he has the lesson pat"; "had the system down pat".

Noun

1. The sound made by a gentle blow.

2. A light touch or stroke.

Verb

1. Pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, esp. under the chin.

2. Hit lightly.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Pat" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a nobleman".

Date "pat" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Pat

DomainDefinition

Computing

PAT 1. Personalized Array Translator. 2. Port Address Translation. (1998-05-09). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Biographical Satire

PAT, also of Ireland. At an early age he emigrated to the United States. There he took up the hod-carrying business. Went on the stage and set the world laughing. He also entered politics, captured the American police force, and, together with his brothers in Parliament, rules Great Britain and the United States. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.

Census

(Process Action Team) A Census Quality Management working group concept designed to address specific management issues. (references)

Slang in 1811

PAT. Apposite, or to the purpose. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Port address translation

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Port Address Translation (PAT) is a feature of a NAT device that translates TCP or UDP connections made to a host and port on an outside network to a host and port on an inside network.

PAT allows services on multiple inside hosts to appear as services on a single outside host ip address.

In a typical firewall configuration, the outside network is the Internet and the inside network is the LAN.

In a typical DMZ configuration, the outside network is the Internet and the inside network is the DMZ.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Port address translation."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Pat

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

PAT

EnglishPre-Authorized Transfer SchemeN/A

PAT

FrenchPhosphinotricine acétyltransféraseMedicine

PAT

GermanParoxysmale atriale TachykardieN/A
Pat.EnglishPatentLaw
Pat.SpanishPatenteLaw

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Pat

Synonyms: glib (adj), slick (adj), rap (n), tap (n), chuck (v), dab (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Pat

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Agreement

Apt, apposite, pertinent, pat; to the point, to the purpose; happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible.

Approbation

Stand up for, stick up for; uphold, hold up, countenance, sanction; clap on the back, pat on the back; keep in countenance, indorse; give credit, recommend; mark with a white mark, mark with a stone.

Courage

Give courage, infuse courage, inspire courage; reassure, encourage, embolden, inspirit, cheer, nerve, put upon one's mettle, rally, raise a rallying cry; pat on the back, make a man of., keep in countenance.

Endearment

Verb: caress, fondle, pet, dandle; pat, pat on the head, pat on the cheek; chuck under the chin, smile upon, coax, wheedle, cosset, coddle, cockle; make of, make much of; cherish, foster, kill with kindness.

Impulse

Strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse, baste; pelt, patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pink, lunge, yerk; kick, calcitrate; butt, strike at; (attack); whip c. (punish).

Blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab; fillip; slam, bang; hit, whack, thwack; cuff; squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration; ruade; arietation; cut, thrust, lunge, yerk; carom, carrom, clip, jab, plug, sidewinder, sidewipe, sideswipe.

Motive

Stimulate; (excite); spirit up, inspirit; rouse, arouse; animate, incite, foment, provoke, instigate, set on, actuate;act upon, work upon, operate upon; encourage; pat on the back, pat on the shoulder, clap on the back, clap on the shoulder.

Relief

Cheer, comfort, console; enliven; encourage, bear up, pat on the back, give comfort, set at ease; gladden the heart, cheer the heart; inspirit, invigorate.

Ship

Ship, bark, barque, brig, snow, hermaphrodite brig; brigantine, barkantine; schooner; topsail schooner, for and aft schooner, three masted schooner; chasse-maree; sloop, cutter, corvette, clipper, foist, yawl, dandy, ketch, smack, lugger, barge, hoy, cat, buss; sailer, sailing vessel; windjammer; steamer, steamboat, steamship, liner, ocean liner, cruisp, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse, baste; pelt, patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pip, ship of the line; destroyer, cruiser, frigate; landing ship, LST; aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, nuclear powered carrier; submarine, submersible, atomic submarine.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Pat

English words defined with "pat": chuckeasygentlePatted, Patting, pluperfectsoft. (references)
Specialty definitions using "pat": Black Data Processing AssociatesCoco/RdilatancyHENRYJohn Anderson, my JoMIKEPort Address Translationsharing violationTLAs. (references)
Etymologies containing "pat": Propitious. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Pat" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (stalemate), Czech (stalemate), Dutch (frying pan, frying-pan), French (stalemate), Macedonian (road), Maya (to abandon), Romanian (bed, bedstead, bunk, cot, couch, doss, layer, pad, pallet, stalemate), Serbo-Croatian (stalemate), Turkish (aster, bang, blip, flump, phut, plump, pop, thud).

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Modern Usage: Pat

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Single-serving sugar, single-serving cream, single pat of butter (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

William H. Bonney, heh? Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Pat Garret (Young Guns II; writing credit: John Fusco)

Where's the robot to pat you on the back (The Fifth Element; writing credit: Luc Besson)

I know all about your standards and if you don't mind my sayin' so there's not a man alive who could hope to measure up to that blend of Paul Bunyan, Saint Pat, and Noah Webster you've concocted for yourself out of your Irish imagination, your Iowa stubbornness, and your li'berry full of books (The Music Man; writing credit: Meredith Willson; Franklin Lacey)

Ol' PatSheriff Pat Garrett (Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid; writing credit: Rudy Wurlitzer)

Lyrics

Then play it pretty with a pat on the back (Armageddon It; performing artist: Def Leppard)

Movie/TV Titles

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)

Po pat odam za pat prasam (1968)

Pat Neal Is Back (1968)

The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (1957)

Nespokoen pat (1955)

Song Titles

No Problem (performing artist: Pat McLaughlin)

Fire And Ice (performing artist: Pat Benatar)

Hit Me With Your Best Shot (performing artist: Pat Benatar)

Invincible (performing artist: Pat Benatar)

Love Is A Battlefield (performing artist: Pat Benatar)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Pat

DomainTitle

Books

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Pat Group Metheny - Imaginary Day (reference)

  • Pat Petrillo: Snare Drum Rudiments (reference)

  • Pat Donohue: In Concert at the Freight & Salvage (reference)

  • Pat Metheny Group - We Live Here (reference)

  • Biography - Pat Robertson: Preaching Politics (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Pat

Illustrations:
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Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Pat

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

(11) color slides show different types of bread. (4) two pieces of toasted white bread with a pat of melted butter, (1) two pieces of toasted white bread, (2) single slice of bread spread completely with butter, (1) french bread loaf with two pieces sliced off the end, (1) loaf of garlic bread, (2) single slice of garlic bread. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

(6) color slides show sticks of butter. (2) single sticks of butter unwrapped, (2) unwrapped stick of butter next to a butter knife, (2) a single pat of butter on a butter knife. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

Pat Kurkul, the NE Regional Administrator, passes the herring to volunteers who then place the fish in trucks waiting to transport them past the dams and to their spawning grounds. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Crewmembers Pat Quinanola, Matt Ofsthus, and Terry Gregg help tie up the RONALD H. BROWN in Male, capital of the Maldive Islands. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Pat Venero (83) relaxes on one of the rockers at the Iverness Club Senior Lining Center in FL. Credit: USDA.

BLM Director Pat Shea 1997-1998. Credit: Unknown.

[Senator Pat McNamara and Margaret C. Schweinhaut in the Clinical Center Lobby]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Albertinus Bottonus Pat. Philosophus, et Medicus. / H. David f. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Pat McCauley. Credit: Library of Congress.

Pat Deasley. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Pat
 

"Cigar Smoke" by Bill Thearle
Commentary: "My friend Pat at a party."
"Path through trees 1" by Adam Brown
Commentary: "A pat h through some trees."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Pat".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Exaggerating; adamant; determined; firm; fixed; hang tough; hard-nosed; immovable; inexorable; inflexible; inflexible; insistent; intransigent; obdurate; pat; relentless; resolute; rigid; set; stiff; stubborn; unbendable; unbending; uncompromising; unrele.Bonk; bang; bat; bell ringer; belt; biff; blow; buffet; bump; butt; chop; clash; clip; clout; collision; cuff; fisticuff; glance; haymaker; impact; knock; leather; lick; one-two; one-two punch; paste; pat; plunk; punch; rap; rap; roundhouse; shock; shot; .
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Pat

AuthorQuotation

Author Unknown

The human body is a peculiar device, pat it on the back and the head swells.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.

Pat Boone

There's something about me that makes a lot of people want to throw up.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Pat

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

If you don't have time, gently pat yourself dry with a lint-free cloth. (references)

Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), paroxysmal atrial tachycardia (PAT). (references)

Take a warm (not hot) bath, shower, or sponge bath every day. Pat your skin dry using a light touch. (references)

Business

The first phase of construction of Laem Chabang Port (LCP) started in 1982 and was completed in 1991. PAT operates one of the 8 completed terminals and the rest are leased and operated by private companies. (references)

Laem Chabang Port (LCP) was ranked the 23rd busiest container port in 1999 in term of throughput in TEUs, up from 28th in 1998. According to the PAT, LCP handled 1,828,460 TEUs in 1999, a 17.2% increase from 1,559,112 TEUs in 1998, or 269,348 TEUs higher. (references)

PAT’s main focus is in the operation of Bangkok Port (BKP) where its operates most of the port activities, while at Laem Chabang Port (LCP), the PAT operates only one terminal (A.1) and the others are operated by private port operators under concessions granted from the PAT. As for the Map-Ta-Phut port (MTP), all terminals are leased out to private operators under concessions granted by the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT). (references)

Economic History

France

As noted above, PAT and R&D subsidies are based on the number of jobs created. (references)

Human Rights

United Kingdom

The four cases are those of Pat Finucane, a defense attorney who was killed by members of the Ulster Defense Association in 1989; Billy "King Rat" Wright, a loyalist paramilitary leader who was killed in prison in 1997 by republican inmates; Robert Hamill, who in 1997 was killed by a loyalist mob while nearby police allegedly failed to act; and Rosemary Nelson, a defense attorney killed in 1999 by a car bomb planted by the Red Hand Defenders. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Pat

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Al Hunt

Mr. Chairman, it's been over seven months since someone tried to kill two of your colleagues, Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle and your counterpart Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Pat

"Pat" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 81.85% of the time. "Pat" is used about 1,882 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)81.85%1,5405,311
Noun (singular)8.49%16024,760
Lexical Verb (base form)5.79%10931,132
Lexical Verb (infinitive)3.61%6840,606
Unclassified Items0.27%5157,705
                    Total100.00%1,882N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Pat

The following table summarizes the usage of "pat" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
PatFirst name Female40,000387
PatFirst name Male22,000457
PatLast name17050,087
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Pat

"Pat" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a nobleman".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "Pat."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
PatriciaFemaleAncient RomanPatrick
PatrikMaleCzechPatrick
PadenMaleEnglishPatrick
PatMale, FemaleEnglishPatrick
PatriciaFemaleEnglishPatrick
PatrickMaleEnglishN/A
PattiFemaleEnglishPatrick
PattieFemaleEnglishPatrick
PattonMaleEnglishPatrick
PattyFemaleEnglishPatrick
PatriceMaleFrenchPatrick
PatrickMaleFrenchN/A
PatrickMaleGermanN/A
PádraigMaleIrishPatrick
PaddyMaleIrishPatrick
PatrickMaleIrishN/A
PatriziaFemaleItalianPatrick
PatrizioMaleItalianPatrick
PatrycjaFemalePolishPatrick
PatrykMalePolishPatrick
PatriciaFemalePortuguesePatrick
PatricioMalePortuguesePatrick
PàdraigMaleScottishPatrick
PatriciaFemaleSpanishPatrick
PatricioMaleSpanishPatrick
PadrigMaleWelshPatrick
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Pat

Expressions using "pat": a pat on the back down pat give smb. a pat have pat hold pat or bring pat a horse pat answer pat down pat of butter pat on pat on the back pat on the shoulder pat oneself on the back pat out pat smb. on the back pat upon stand pat. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "pat": pat-a-cake, pat-ball, pat-pat, pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat-pat.

Ending with "pat": ex-pat.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pat

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

pat green

1,041

green pat wave wave

85

pat benatar

847

fat pat

83

project pat

826

pat lafontaine

74

pat

438

postman pat

66

oscars pat

250

pat transit

63

green lyrics pat

194

pat o briens

58

pat boone

182

mccurdy pat

56

pat benetar

174

pat sajak

54

pat wynn

173

green lyrics pat wave wave

53

pat parelli

162

benetar lyrics pat

52

pat robertson

161

pat garrett

51

pat buchanan

157

pat morita

50

catans pat

149

angry naked pat

49

pat burrell

141

monahan pat

48

pat riley

129

pat mcgee

45

lyrics pat project

123

its pat

44

pat mcgee band

116

pat priest

42

pat benatar lyrics

115

pat roush

40

pat conroy

112

pat oliphant

40

pat travers

97

pat steak

40
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Pat

Language Translations for "pat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

Përkëdhelje (caress, endearment, fondling, necking, stroke), Si Duhet (decent, decorous, happily, right, rightly), Saktësisht (according to cocker, exactly, minutely, precisely, sharp, strictly, to the letter), Rrahje (affray, beating, clap, fighting, flap, hiding, lacing, leathering, licking, mix in, percussion, pulse, quiver, scramble, stroke, throb, toweling), Rrah (aim, assess, beat, beat up, castigate, cob, flail, flap, flicker, give a good hiding, give in, lambaste, larrup, lather, lay into, lick, mill, thrash, thresh, trounce, wallop, whop), Qëlloj Lehtë (cuff, jog), Në Kohën E Duhur (in time, on time, well timed), Me Vend (apposite, appositely, apt, happy, pertinent, proper, reasonable, right, seemly, suitable, to the point, welcome), I Saktë (accurate, clean-cut, clear-cut, close, correct, definite, exact, explicit, express, just, literal, neat, painstaking, pithy, precise, pronounced, pure, right, strict, stringent, true, unexceptional, veracious), I Përshtatshëm (adapt, adequate, adjustable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, canny, comely, competent, congruous, convenient, decent, desirable, done, due, elastic, eligible, expedient, fit, fitting, germane, handy, likely, livable, liveable, opportune, proper, propitious, qualified, rated, relevant, seemly, suitable, suited, tenable, well-becoming, well-suited), Copëz (bit, cantlet, nodule, nugget, particle, scrap), Cekje (dab), Cek (brush, dab, hug, skim, tip, touch). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فيما يتعلق (of, on, respecting), ‏في الوقت المناسب (at rest, felicitous, in due course, in the nick of time, opportunely), ‏مناسب (adequate, agreeable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, conformable, congruent, congruous, convenient, due, expedient, favorable, favourable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitting, harmonious, in agreement, in conformity, in harmony, opportune, proper, right, seasonable, seemly, suitable, suited, timely), ‏ملس الكلب, ‏مستعد (all set, fit, prepared, ready, willing), ‏مشى بضربات إيقاعية, ‏هنأ (compliment, congratulate, felicitate), ‏قالب الزبدة, ‏حاضرا, ‏تربيتة (clap, slap), ‏عن ظهر قلب (by heart, through and through), ‏جاهزا, ‏ثنى (bend, deter, dissuade, drape, flex, fold, folding, goffer, hire, inflect, lap, pleat, pliable, praise, pucker, replicate, tribute, tuck), ‏ربت (clap, dab, fondle, gentle, knock, rap, slap), ‏بصورة تامة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

На Място, Ирландец (Paddy), Без Бавене, Бучка Масло, Веднага, Добре Научен, Лека Милувка, Изведнъж, Тъкмо Навреме, Приглаждам, Навреме, Който Е Тъкмо На Място, Подходящ, Погалване, Потупвам, Потупване (Bob), Тъкмо На Място. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

轻拍 (Chucked, Chucking, Dab, Patted, Patting, tap, tap-off, tapped, tapping, taps), (disregard, reject, stake all). (various references)

   

Czech

  

Právì Vhod, Poplácat, Poklepat (tap), Pohotový (adroit, nimble, offhand, prompt, quick, ready, swift), Plesknutí, Zaklepání (tap), Hrudka (blob), Dotek (feel, touch), Dokonale (from a to z, ideally, perfectly, quite). (various references)

   

Danish

  

opdupning (pat out, tap-out), kokasse (cow droppings, cow dung, cow pat). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

tikken (tap, type). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

frapeti (tap). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

نوازش کردن (Baby, Coax, Coddle, Cuddle, Pet, Stroke), نوازش (Caress), قالب (Cake, Case, Cast, Model, Mold, Mould, Size, Standard), اهسته دست زدن به , ثابت (Equable, Firm, Immobile, Immovable, Indelible, Irremovable, Loyal, Permanent, Resolute, Stable, Staid, Standstill, Steady, True), دست نوازش برسرکسی کشیدن , دست زدن اهسته , بی حرکت (Immobile, Still, Vapid), بموقع (Apropos, Opportune, Proper, Punctual, Timely), بهنگام (Opportune, Timely), بطورمناسب . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

taputtaa (clap, tap), nokare. (various references)

   

French

  

Taper. (various references)

   

German

  

tätscheln. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Ελαφρό ίτύπημα, χαϊδεύω (Blandish, caress, chuck, coddle, dandle, fondle, mollycoddle, pet, stroke), χτυπώ Ελαφρά, χτυπώ ελαφρά (tap), Τεμαχίδιο, Αρμόδιοσ, Αρμοδίωσ, Ανένδοτοσ, ίτυπώ Ελαφρώσ όε Την Παλάμη. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

־תאים, ּלטף, ּטיפה, ֱדיוק ּענין, ָפיחה, ִולם. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

Veregetés (clap). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

tepukan, secolek (a pinch, bit, gab), menepuk (clap). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Pronto (alert, apt, finished, fit, game, hallo, hello, hullo, inclined, prepared, prompt, quick, ready, ripe, set, speedy, through), Picchiettare (dab, Dot, patter, speckle, spot, tap), Panetto Di Burro, Dare Un Colpetto (flick, flip), Colpetto (flick, jab, nudge, tap), Carezza (caress, fondling, stroke), A Proposito (apropos, by the way). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

パチンコ台 (glassed-over arcade, pachinkomachine, pack, package, package media, package program, package tour, packaging, Packard, packing, pad, paddle, paddling, paddock, Panama, Panamax, Panasert hole, panavision, pap, passage, passenger, passing, passion, passionate, passive, passive smoking, passive solar house, passive sonar, patch, patch test, patchwork, pate, patent, pathos, patio, patriotism, patrol, patrol car, patron, patting, priest, puck, putt, putting, putting green, putty, rotating warning light similar to the one on a "patokaa."). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

パット (putt). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

가볍게 침 (Chucking, Flicking). (various references)

   

Manx

  

Perickeen, Padeen, dy glick (shrewdly), cur bassag da (box ears, clap, cuff, slap, smack), bassag (backhander, blow with the palm, clap, slap, smack). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atpay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

pronto (finished, hullo, prepared, prompt, ready, speedy, through, unhesitating), oportuno (advisable, convenient, felicitous, opportune, propitious, providential, seasonable, timely, well-timed). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

Prompt (nimble, nimbly, prompt, promptly, quick, quickly, readily, ready, ready-witted, smartly, speedy, swift, unhesitating), Potrivit (according, according to, adequate, ample, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, assorted, average, becoming, befitting, commensurate, condign, congenial, congruous, conservative, correct, corresponding, decorous, due, duly, eligible, felicitous, fit, fitting, in point, likely, middling, moderate, moderately, opportune, proper, pursuant to, right, seemly, suitable, suited, to), Pe Loc (immediately, on short notice, out of hand, outright, right, slick, straight away), Mângâia (caress, chuck, chuckle, comfort, cosset, delight, fondle, pander to, pet, relieve, smooth, solace, soothe, stroke), Bãtaie Uşoarã, Bate (bark, baste, bastinado, bay, beat, beat up, beetle, belabour, best, blow, box, bruise, buffet, burst, chastise, chime, clap, club, cob, contend, cuff, curry, dash, defeat, drive, drub, flail, flicker, flog, go, hit, horse, knock, knock in, lace, larrup, lash, lash into, lick, mint, paddle, palpitate, patter, peal, pound, pulsate, pulse, range, rap, rattle, ring, shake up, shine, slap, smite, sound, spank, strike, swinge, switch, tan, tap, tew, thrash, throb, thwack, tick, tinkle, toll, wallop, whip, worst), Bucatã (article, bar, brick, clod, cut, dollop, fragment, hunk, junk, length, morsel, nub, part, patch, piece, ribbon, shred, slice, snack, steak, tablet), Cocoloş (ball, clod, clot, growth, grume, pellet), Gest De Mângâiere, Imediat (anon, at once, before you could say jack robinson, directly, eftsoons, forthright, forthwith, immediate, immediately, in a trice, instanter, instantly, now, on short notice, on the instant, on the spot, out of hand, present, presently, prompt, quick as flash, right away, slick, soon, speak away, straight, straight away, this instant, urgent), Irlandez (bog trotter, irish, irishman, Mick), Izbutit (remarkable, successful), La Þanc, Bãtaie (battue, beat, beating, blow, box, bursting, close, concussion, cudgeling, cuff, cuffing, drubbing, dusting, fight, fighting, flogging, fray, lacing, licking, patter, pattering, percussion, pick, range, rattle, row, run, scramble, scrap, scuffle, set to, shot, slap, slapping, stroke, sweep, thrashing, throbbing, thud, thump, toll, tussle, warming), Lovi (assail, attack, batter, beat, befall, buffet, bump, catch, clap, crack, cuff, cut, dab, drive, drub, fib, flap, hammer, harm, hit, hurt, impact, infect, injure, jar, knock, lash, lay hands on, lunge at, put, reach, seize, shock, slam, slap, smite, spank, strike, swat, swinge, switch, tap, thrust, thump, touch, whack, whip, wipe, wound, wrong), Turti (cave, flatten, press), Nimerit (adequate, apt, convenient, fit, good, likely, opportune, successful), Rãpãi (chatter, drive, patter, rattle, splash), Rãpãit (patter, splash), Reuşit (able, apt, felicitous, good, successful, successfully, well), Tapisa (upholster), Turtã De Ciment, La Momentul Oportun (at the proper time). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

Похлопывание, Поглаживать, Подходящий, Кстати, Кусок Сбитого Масла, Кусок, Кружочек, Как Раз, Быстро, похлопывать хлопок готовый. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

potapšati (chuck, dab, tap), podesan (becoming, compatible, felicitous, fitting, opportune, proper, ready, snug, suitable, timely, well-suited), pljesnuti, zgodan (appropriate, apt, attractive, comely, convenient, felicitous, good looking, handsome, nice-looking, occasional, opportune, suitable), u zgodan čas, tečno (fluently, smoothly, trippingly), tapkati (stamp), tapkanje, spreman (prepared, present, prompt, ready, ready-for-service, set, willing), lagan udarac, komadić (bit, morsel, scrap, tiny bit), dobro (all right, fine, good, ok, right, well). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

palmadita (tap). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

klappa (beat, caress, chuck, clap, dab, flap, fondle, go pit-a-pat, go pitter-patter, palpitate, pit-a-pat, pitter patter, pulsate, stroke, tap), klapp (chuck, clap, dab, tap). (various references)

   

Thai

  

แสดงความยินดี (felicitate, get a pat on the back). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

Pat Sesi (thud, thudding), Pışpışlamak, Yerinde (answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, calculated, condign, conformable, expedient, felicitous, fit, fitted, grandiloquent, in, in one's stead, in place, just, legitimate, on the premises, opportune, pertinent, pointed, pro-, proper, pursuant, rightful, snappy, sound, suitable, valid, well, well-judged), Tam Zamanında Olan (seasonable), Tam Zamanında (apropos, bang on time, in good time, in the nick of time, right on time, seasonably), Sıvazlamak (stroke), Sıvazlama, Okşamak (canoodle, caress, dandle, fondle, grope, pet, stroke), Okşama (caress, caressing, patting, stroke), Münasip (agreeable, apposite, congruous, decorous, meet, pertinent, proper, suitable, tailormade), Kalıp (bar, cake, cast, dies, form, formwork, master, matrix, model, Mold, mould, pattern, print, shape, stamp, stencil, tablet, template, templet, timber), Değişmez (changeless, constant, entrenched, equable, fast, fixed, flat-footed, frozen, hard and fast, immutable, inalterable, invariable, permanent, regular, rigid, set, settled, stable, static, steadfast, steady, unalterable, unchangeable, unchanging, unswerving, unvarying, unwavering), Basmakalıp (banal, cliché, common place, conventional, copybook, hackneyed, platitudinous, routine, set, stereotyped, stock, trite, well worn), Ýrlandalı (Gael, Mick, Paddy), Çok Uygun. (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

tapbatlamak, tapbat. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

Оплеск, Підхожий, Пригладжувати, Поплескувати, Поплескування, Твердо, Своєчасно, Своєчасний. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tiếng vỗ nhẹ khoanh bơ nhỏ, cái vỗ về, cái vỗ nhẹ (bob, tap, tip), đúng lúc rất sẵn sàng. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

pratio (caress, stroke). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Pat

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

plaudam, plaude, plaudebant, plaudebit, plaudent, plaudet, plaudite, plauserunt, plausisti, plausum. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Pat

Derivations

Words beginning with "pat": pataca, patacas, patagia, patagial, patagium, patamar, patamars, patch, patchboard, patchboards, patched, patcher, patchers, patches, patchier, patchiest, patchily, patchiness, patchinesses, patching, patchouli, patchoulies, patchoulis, patchouly, patchwork, patchworks, patchy, pate, pated, patella, patellae, patellar, patellas, patelliform, paten, patencies, patency, patens, patent, patentabilities, patentability, patentable, patented, patentee, patentees, patenting, patently, patentor, patentors, patents, pater. (additional references)

Words ending with "pat": cowpat, expat, pitapat, spat, standpat. (additional references)

Words containing "pat": addlepated, allelopathic, allelopathies, allelopathy, allopath, allopaths, allopatric, allopatrically, allopatries, allopatry, amphipathic, anthropopathism, anthropopathisms, anticipatable, anticipate, anticipated, anticipates, anticipating, anticipation, anticipations, anticipator, anticipators, anticipatory, antipathetic, antipathetically, antipathies, antipathy, apatetic, apathetic, apathetically, apathies, apathy, apatite, apatites, apatosaurus, apatosauruses, archiepiscopate, archiepiscopates, arthropathies, arthropathy, baldpate, baldpates, bespatter, bespattered, bespattering, bespatters, biocompatibilities, biocompatibility, biocompatible, bypath, bypaths. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Pat" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aptc, apti, aptr, aptt, att, ipit, Mpta, opat, paa, Paata, pab, paet, paf, paft, pag, pait, paj, palt, pao, p'ao, paq, pata, pati, patk, pato, patt, Patu, paty, pav, paxt, paz, pba, pcat, pdt, pett, petu, pfa, phat, pht, piat, pitb, pixt, pjt, plt, poat, ppt, prt, psat, pta, Ptac, Ptak, ptr, ptt, ptw, ptx, Puat, pvt, pwt, pyt, upt. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Pat"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "pat" (pronounced pa"t)
3p a" tspat.
2-a" tat, bat, batt, begat, brat, cat, chat, fat, flat, Gat, gnat, hat, Kat, mat, Matt, matte, nonfat, rat, sat, scat, slat, splat, stat, Tat, that, vat.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Pat

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: apt, tap.

Words within the letters "a-p-t"

-1 letter: at, pa, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-p-t"
 

+1 letter: atap, atop, pact, pant, part, past, pate, path, pats, paty, peat, phat, pita, plat, prat, rapt, spat, tamp, tapa, tape, taps, tarp, tepa, trap.

 

+2 letters: adapt, adept, adopt, apart, aport, apter, aptly, ataps, atopy, atrip, caput, chapt, clapt, coapt, epact, etape, expat, inapt, kaput, leapt, lepta, pacts, paint, palet, panto, pants, panty, parts, party, pasta, paste, pasts, pasty, patch, pated, paten, pater, pates, paths, patin, patio, patly, patsy, patty, peart, peats, peaty, petal, pieta, pinta, pitas, plait, plant, plate, plats, platy, pleat, prate, prats, pruta, septa, spait, spate, spats, splat, sprat, sputa, stamp, staph, strap, stupa, tamps, tapas, taped, taper, tapes, tapir, tapis, tarps, taupe, tepal, tepas, topaz, tramp, traps, trapt, typal, unapt, watap, wrapt.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Quotations: Spoken
13. Usage Frequency
14. Names: Frequency
15. Names: Derived from
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Abbreviations
21. Acronyms
22. Derivations
23. Rhymes
24. Anagrams
25. Bibliography


  

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