Back-pat

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of pat on the back.

    "It was also a back-pat to the NRA, which had already successfully lobbied the administration to amend its stay-at-home guidance to include gun stores within the exceptions for essential businesses."

Verb
  1. 1
    Synonym of pat on the back.

    "Barney has always back-patted himself that he is without an equal on the dirt track."

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