Meaning of pat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep.
2. A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.
3. An Irish person.
   offensive, possibly, slang
4. A surname from Khmer or Yucatec Maya.
5. Clipping of patent.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
6. Initialism of point after touchdown (“extra point”).
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
7. Abbreviation of Pointe-aux-Trembles: a municipality of Quebec, Canada.
   Quebec, abbreviation, alt-of
8. A light tap or slap, especially with the hands.
9. A diminutive of the male given name Patrick.
10. Clipping of pattern.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
11. Initialism of provincial achievement test.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
12. A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.
13. Initialism of portable appliance testing.
    Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
14. Initialism of port address translation.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
15. Initialism of protocol associated type.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
16. Initialism of personal access token.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
17. Initialism of paroxysmal atrial tachycardia.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
18. Initialism of priority air traffic.
    US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“We heard a pat on the door.”

“Give Mary a pat on the shoulder to get her attention.”

“It looked like a tessellated work of pats of butter.”

“Work in pat to next underarm marker, sm, place next st on holder[…]”

“One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legislation that realigned payments to Medicare providers with inflation.”

“I'll do it, sir, by the honor of the Pats, just take your two good looking selves into the garden, […]”

“The stereotypes of the Irish were more negative. Irish men, the “Pats,” were seen as “always drunk, eternally fighting, lazy, and shiftless.””

“Protocols are abstract as they are, but with PATs, you’re making your protocols generic, which makes your code even more abstract and exponentially complex.”

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