Gay pats my shoulder, and you vanish quite. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Patting — ist der Ortsname von Patting (Riedering), Ortsteil der Gemeinde Riedering, Landkreis Rosenheim, Bayern Patting (Teisendorf), Ortsteil der Marktgemeinde Teisendorf, Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land, Bayern Diese Seite ist eine … Deutsch Wikipedia
patting — pæt n. tap, gentle slap v. tap, slap gently adj. suitable, appropriate, fitting adv. immediately, at once; without delay … English contemporary dictionary
patting — present part of pat … Useful english dictionary
patting down — Same as frisking. See frisk … Ballentine's law dictionary
back-patting — noun ( s) : the act or an instance of complimenting or congratulating (as for merit or achievement) the time for back patting is not yet Manufacturing Confectioner * * * /bak pat ing/, n. an act or instance of offering praise or congratulation:… … Useful english dictionary
back-patting — /bak pat ing/, n. an act or instance of offering praise or congratulation: The winners indulged in a certain amount of mutual back patting. * * * … Universalium
frisk — vt: to run the hand rapidly over the outer clothing of (a suspect) for the purpose of finding concealed weapons compare search ◇ The purpose of frisking a suspect is to insure the safety of an officer making an investigation against concealed… … Law dictionary
pat — {{11}}pat (adv.) apt, suitably, 1570s, perhaps a special use of PAT (Cf. pat) (n.) in sense of a hitting the mark. The adjective is 1630s, from the adverb. {{12}}pat (n.) c.1400, a blow, stroke, perhaps originally imitative of the sound of… … Etymology dictionary
pat — I UK [pæt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms pat : present tense I/you/we/they pat he/she/it pats present participle patting past tense patted past participle patted * to touch someone gently several times with a flat hand to show that you care… … English dictionary
pat — pat1 [pat] adj. [prob. < PAT2] 1. apt; timely; opportune 2. exactly suitable 3. so glibly plausible as to seem contrived 4. designating a poker hand to which no cards are drawn because of the unlikelihood of improving it adv. in a pat … English World dictionary
