Meaning

4 senses

  1. 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.

    tippen, tätscheln

    похло́пыватьpoxlópyvatʹ, хло́патьxlópatʹ, похло́патьpoxlópatʹ

  2. To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat

    I patted the cookie dough into shape.

    sanft flachklopfen

    hit lightly

  3. (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, UK)To stroke or fondle (an animal). Compare pet.

    Do you want to pat the cat?

  4. To gently rain.

Examples

123 sentences

  1. Give yourself a pat on the back.

    Візьми з полки пиріжок.

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  2. She patted her son on the shoulder.

    Вона поплескала свого сина по плечу.

    ruОна похлопала сына по плечу.

    deSie klopfte ihrem Sohn auf die Schulter.

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  3. Tom deserves a pat on the back.

    ruТом заслуживает похвалы.

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  4. Tom pat his dog on the head.

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  5. I saw him pat her on the shoulder.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to tap gently:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to tap gently:
to hit to make smooth or flat:

Origin

From Middle English *patten, alteration (with loss of medial l) of platten, pletten (“to p

From Middle English *patten, alteration (with loss of medial l) of platten, pletten (“to pat”), from Old English plættan (“to buffet, strike, slap, smack, give a sounding blow”), from Proto-West Germanic *plattjan, from Proto-Germanic *plat- (“to strike, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *blod-, *bled- (“to strike, beat”). Cognate with Middle Dutch platten, pletten (“to strike, bruise, crush, rub”), German platzen (“to split, burst, break up”), Bavarian patzen (“to pat”), Swedish plätta, pjätta (“to pat, tap”). For loss of l, compare patch for platch; pate for plate, etc. See plat.

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Forms

pats, patting, patted, patted
Base formpat · to pat
3rd person singularpats
Present participlepatting
Past simplepatted / pat
Past participlepatted / pat

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypat
he, she, itpats

Past simpleLesson

all personspatted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave patted
he, she, ithas patted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pat

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • hit lightly:dab
  • pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin:chuck

Word family

5 related words
Derivedpatballbepatpat downpattableunpatted

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pasturepastypatchB2patchwork
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