pat
The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstepThe sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep.
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Meaning
3 sensesThe sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep.
We heard a pat on the door.
Tapser
похло́пываниеpoxlópyvanije
A light tap or slap, especially with the hands.
Give Mary a pat on the shoulder to get her attention.
Klaps
a light touch or stroke
A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.
Flatschen, Fladen, Flädchen
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.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English pat (“a blow, stroke”), alteration (with loss of medial l) of *plat (>From Middle English pat (“a blow, stroke”), alteration (with loss of medial l) of *plat (> Scots plat (“a blow, buffet”)), from Old English plætt (“a sounding blow, a smack”), from Proto-West Germanic *platt (“a smack, slap, blow”), from Proto-Germanic *plat- (“to strike, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *blod-, *bled- (“to strike, beat”). Cognate with Middle Dutch plat (“a smack, blow, slap”), Middle Low German plat (“a smack, blow, beating”), Middle High German plaz, blaz (“a resounding blow, bang, crash”). For loss of l, compare patch for platch; pate for plate, etc. See plat.
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