Pat

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

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

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  PAT
       
          1.  {Personalized Array Translator}.
       
          2.  {Port Address Translation}.
       
          (1998-05-09)