pat
Opportunely, in a timely or suitable wayOpportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
Meaning
3 sensesOpportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
Perfectly.
He has the routine down pat.
completely or perfectly
Straight, right, exactly, precisely.
Examples
123 sentencesGive yourself a pat on the back.
Візьми з полки пиріжок. — deniko
She patted her son on the shoulder.
Вона поплескала свого сина по плечу. — deniko
ruОна похлопала сына по плечу. — odexed
deSie klopfte ihrem Sohn auf die Schulter. — Fingerhut
Tom deserves a pat on the back.
ruТом заслуживает похвалы. — odexed
Tom pat his dog on the head.
I saw him pat her on the shoulder.
Origin
From Middle English *patten, alteration (with loss of medial l) of platten, pletten (“to pFrom 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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