Definition of Pat

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Definition of Pat

Pat

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.

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Pat Quotations

I once shook hands with Pat Boone and my whole right side sobered up.
Dean Martin

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 R. Ford

Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone.
Pete Rose

My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll.
Billy Corgan

No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome them without a fight. All one has to do to get the best of the elements is to stand pat and one will win.
William Howard Taft

There's nothing greater in the world than when somebody on the team does something good, and everybody gathers around to pat him on the back.
Billy Martin

I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
Ethel Merman

I think I'm extremely vulnerable and that in some ways I seek out rejection. Never feeling like you're getting that pat on the back from dad is probably at the heart of that.
Skeet Ulrich

I saw it as a challenge to play with Pat and we put hours and hours into it, usually on the bus. The trick was to find something that we both wanted to play within our different styles which would add up to being greater than the sum of its parts.
Bill Bruford

That is where the irony of the film comes off, in terms of the language it employs - where he tries desperately to be a 'TV Dad,' to give advice and it's so pat it becomes ridiculous.
Atom Egoyan

Pat Translations

pat in Dutch is tikken
pat in Spanish is palmadita
pat in Swedish is klapp, klappa

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