pat

10 definitions found

pat - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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           Gay pats my shoulder, and you vanish quite. --Pope.
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  Pat \Pat\, n.
     1. A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a
        tap.
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     2. A small mass, as of butter, shaped by pats.
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              It looked like a tessellated work of pats of butter.
                                                    --Dickens.
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  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. "Pat allusion."
     --Barrow.
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  Pat \Pat\, adv.
     In a pat manner.
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           I foresaw then 't would come in pat hereafter.
                                                    --Sterne.
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pat - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pat
      adv 1: completely or perfectly; "he has the lesson pat"; "had
             the system down pat"
      adj 1: having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a
             slick commercial" [syn: glib, pat, slick]
      2: exactly suited to the occasion; "a pat reply"
      n 1: the sound made by a gentle blow [syn: pat, rap, tap]
      2: a light touch or stroke [syn: tap, pat, dab]
      v 1: pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the
           chin [syn: chuck, pat]
      2: hit lightly; "pat him on the shoulder" [syn: dab, pat]

pat - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  PAT
  
     1. <language> Personalized Array Translator.
  
     2. <networking> Port Address Translation.
  
     (1998-05-09)
  

pat - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  PAT
         Performance Acceleration Technique (Intel, MCH)
         

  PAT
         Port and Address Translation (IOS, Cisco, LAN, IP)
         

  PAT
         Program Association Table (DVB)
         

pat - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  133 Moby Thesaurus words for "pat":
     a propos, ad rem, adamant, adamantine, adapted, applicable,
     apposite, appreciated, apprehended, appropriate, apropos, apt,
     artful endearments, ascertained, at a standstill, batch, beak,
     becoming, befitting, blandishments, block, brush, bulk, bump, bunt,
     caress, chink, chuck, chunk, click, clink, clod, clop, clump,
     clunk, cocker, coddle, comprehended, conceived, cosset, crump, dab,
     dandle, discerned, dovetailing, down pat, dull thud, endearment,
     felicitous, fillip, firm, fit, fitted, fitting, flick, flip, flirt,
     flump, fondle, frozen, geared, gob, grasped, graze, happy,
     honeyed words, hunk, immobile, immotile, immotive, immovable,
     inflexible, irremovable, just right, known, likely, loaf, lump,
     mass, meshing, nugget, on the button, opportune, pad, patter, peck,
     perceived, pet, pick, pitapat, pitter-patter, plump, plunk, pop,
     prehended, qualified, quantity, rap, realized, recognized,
     relevant, right, rigid, seasonable, seized, snap, soft words,
     sortable, standpat, stationary, suitable, suited, suiting,
     sweet nothings, sweet talk, tailored, tap, thud, thump, tick,
     tickle, tinkle, tip, to the point, to the purpose, touch, tunk,
     understood, unmovable, unmoving, unyielding, wad, whisk