PATS

Noun

PATs pl (plural only)

plural of PAT

Anagrams

• APTS, APTs, ATSP, PSAT, PTAs, PTSA, TAPs, TPAs, Taps, ap'ts, apts, past, spat, stap, taps

Noun

pats

plural of pat

Verb

pats

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pat

Anagrams

• APTS, APTs, ATSP, PSAT, PTAs, PTSA, TAPs, TPAs, Taps, ap'ts, apts, past, spat, stap, taps

Source: Wiktionary


PAT

Pat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patted; p. pr. & vb. n. Patting.] Etym: [Cf. G. patschen, Prov. G. patzen, to strike, tap.]

Definition: To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly; to tap; as, to pat a dog. Gay pats my shoulder, and you vanish quite. Pope.

Pat, n.

1. A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap.

2. A small mass, as of butter, shaped by pats. It looked like a tessellated work of pats of butter. Dickens.

Pat, a. Etym: [Cf. pat a light blow, D. te pas convenient, pat, where pas is fr. F. passer to pass.]

Definition: Exactly suitable; fit; convenient; timely. "Pat allusion." Barrow.

Pat, adv.

Definition: In a pat manner. I foresaw then 't would come in pat hereafter. Sterne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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