pat
/pæt/ verb C2- To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing. · To show affection, he decided he would pat the boy on the head.
- To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat · I patted the cookie dough into shape.
- To gently rain.
He/she/it pats · Past patted · Past participle patted · -ing form patting
Verb forms
- Base form
- pat
- He/she/it
- pats
- Past
- patted
- Past participle
- patted
- -ing form
- patting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The count patted him gently on the shoulder, his usual mode of praising Ali, who, pleased and gratified with the commission assigned him, walked calmly towards a projecting stone forming the angle of the street and house, and, seating himself thereon, began to smoke his chibouque, while Monte Cristo re-entered his dwelling, perfectly assured of the success of his plan.
Next came an angry voice—the Rabbit’s—“Pat!
Pat!
“Now tell me, Pat, what’s that in the window?”
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