Pat stripped off his clothes and dived in.
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Pat
//pæt//
Synonyms for "pat" (184 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (55)
Adjective(8 words)
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (92)
immotiveimmovableinflexibleirremovablejust rightknownlikelyloaflumpmassmeshingnuggeton the buttonopportunepadpatterpeckperceivedpetpick
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Adjective(16 words)
Noun(4 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Prep_phrase(1 words)
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6 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
11 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
etymologically related_to
5 entrieshas context
7 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
similar
3 entriesTranslations
85 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- на място adv (opportunely)
- навреме adv (opportunely)
- пляскане noun (sound of a light slap or tap)
- потупване noun (light tap or slap)
Catalan
4 entries- copet noun (light tap or slap)
- toc noun (light tap or slap)
- acariciar verb (to tap gently)
- donar copets (a l'esquena) verb (to tap gently)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 拍 verb (to tap gently)
Esperanto
2 entries- frapeto noun (light tap or slap)
- tapeti verb (to tap gently)
Finnish
4 entries- oikein adv (opportunely)
- sattuvasti adv (opportunely)
- sopivasti adv (opportunely)
- nokare noun (flattish lump of soft matter)
French
4 entries- ad-hoc adj (exactly suitable)
- banal adj (trite)
- bateau adj (trite)
- PAT name (Pointe-aux-Trembles)
German
4 entries- Fladen noun (flattish lump of soft matter)
- Flatschen noun (flattish lump of soft matter)
- Flädchen noun (flattish lump of soft matter)
- Klaps noun (light tap or slap)
Gujarati
1 entries- થાબડવું verb (to tap gently)
Hungarian
4 entries- lapogatás noun (light tap or slap)
- paca noun (flattish lump of soft matter)
- paskolás noun (light tap or slap)
- lapogat verb (to tap gently)
Irish
2 entries- boiseog noun (light tap or slap)
- slíoc verb (to tap gently)
Italian
1 entries- panetto noun (flattish lump of soft matter)
Japanese
2 entries- 摩する verb (to tap gently)
- 撫でる verb (to tap gently)
Manx
1 entries- Padeen name (diminutive of Patrick)
Māori
3 entries- hokomirimiri verb (to tap gently)
- pōpō verb (to tap gently)
- taupaki verb (to tap gently)
Norman
1 entries- palette noun (flattish lump of soft matter)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دستك noun (light tap or slap)
Polish
1 entries- PAT name (Pointe-aux-Trembles)
Portuguese
4 entries- batidinha noun (sound of a light slap or tap)
- batidinha noun (light tap or slap)
- estalo noun (sound of a light slap or tap)
- tapinha noun (light tap or slap)
Russian
4 entries- похло́пывание noun (sound of a light slap or tap)
- похло́пать verb (to tap gently)
- похло́пывать verb (to tap gently)
- хло́пать verb (to tap gently)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- slìog verb (to tap gently)
Slovak
2 entries- Paťa name (diminutive of Patricia)
- Paťo name (diminutive of Patrick)
Spanish
4 entries- apapacho noun (light tap or slap)
- apapuche noun (light tap or slap)
- palmada noun (light tap or slap)
- palmadita noun (light tap or slap)
Swedish
2 entries- klapp noun (light tap or slap)
- klappa verb (to tap gently)
Sample sentences
36 total sentences available.
Pat is very talkative.
Source: tatoeba (35143)
I saw him pat her on the shoulder.
Source: tatoeba (260137)
I felt somebody pat me on the shoulder.
Source: tatoeba (276155)
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