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Definition: Pat |
PatAdjective1. Having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial". 2. Exactly suited to the occasion; "a pat reply". Adverb1. Completely or perfectly; "he has the lesson pat"; "had the system down pat". Noun1. The sound made by a gentle blow. 2. A light touch or stroke. Verb1. 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) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | PAT 1. |
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. | |
(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."
| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PAT | English | Pre-Authorized Transfer Scheme | N/A |
PAT | French | Phosphinotricine acétyltransférase | Medicine |
PAT | German | Paroxysmale atriale Tachykardie | N/A |
| Pat. | English | Patent | Law |
| Pat. | Spanish | Patente | Law |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: PatSynonyms: glib (adj), slick (adj), rap (n), tap (n), chuck (v), dab (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Pat |
| English words defined with "pat": chuck ♦ easy ♦ gentle ♦ Patted, Patting, pluperfect ♦ soft. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "pat": Black Data Processing Associates ♦ Coco/R ♦ dilatancy ♦ HENRY ♦ John Anderson, my Jo ♦ MIKE ♦ Port Address Translation ♦ sharing violation ♦ TLAs. (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). |
| Domain | Usage | |
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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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & 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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| "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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| 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. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
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. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(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. | |
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 81.85% | 1,540 | 5,311 |
| Noun (singular) | 8.49% | 160 | 24,760 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.79% | 109 | 31,132 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 3.61% | 68 | 40,606 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.27% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,882 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Pat | First name Female | 40,000 | 387 |
| Pat | First name Male | 22,000 | 457 |
| Pat | Last name | 170 | 50,087 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Pat" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a nobleman". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Pat." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Patricia | Female | Ancient Roman | Patrick |
| Patrik | Male | Czech | Patrick |
| Paden | Male | English | Patrick |
| Pat | Male, Female | English | Patrick |
| Patricia | Female | English | Patrick |
| Patrick | Male | English | N/A |
| Patti | Female | English | Patrick |
| Pattie | Female | English | Patrick |
| Patton | Male | English | Patrick |
| Patty | Female | English | Patrick |
| Patrice | Male | French | Patrick |
| Patrick | Male | French | N/A |
| Patrick | Male | German | N/A |
| Pádraig | Male | Irish | Patrick |
| Paddy | Male | Irish | Patrick |
| Patrick | Male | Irish | N/A |
| Patrizia | Female | Italian | Patrick |
| Patrizio | Male | Italian | Patrick |
| Patrycja | Female | Polish | Patrick |
| Patryk | Male | Polish | Patrick |
| Patricia | Female | Portuguese | Patrick |
| Patricio | Male | Portuguese | Patrick |
| Pàdraig | Male | Scottish | Patrick |
| Patricia | Female | Spanish | Patrick |
| Patricio | Male | Spanish | Patrick |
| Padrig | Male | Welsh | Patrick |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
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. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency 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. | |||
| 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), 拊 (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. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | plaudam, plaude, plaudebant, plaudebit, plaudent, plaudet, plaudite, plauserunt, plausisti, plausum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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) | |
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"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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pat" (pronounced pa"t) |
| 3 | p a" t | spat. |
| 2 | -a" t | at, 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. | ||
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. | |
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| 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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