pat

English

/pæt/

noun
Definitions
  • The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep
  • A light tap or slap, especially with the hands
  • A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *patten derived from Old English plættan (buffet, smack, strike, give a sounding blow, slap) derived from Proto-Germanic *plat- (strike, beat) derived from Proto-Indo-European *b(e)lad- (strike, beat).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*b(e)lad-

Gloss

strike, beat

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