pat
pat is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap.
- 2.A small mass, as of butter, shaped by pats. It looked like a tessellated work of pats of butter. Dickens.
- 3.Exactly suitable; fit; convenient; timely. "Pat allusion." Barrow.
- 4.In a pat manner. I foresaw then 't would come in pat hereafter. Sterne.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is a light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap called?
- What is a small mass, as of butter, shaped by pats. It looked like a tessellated work of pats of butter. Dickens called?
- What is exactly suitable; fit; convenient; timely. "Pat allusion." Barrow called?
- What is in a pat manner. I foresaw then 't would come in pat hereafter. Sterne called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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