pat
suomi-englanti sanakirjapat englannista suomeksi
taputus
naputus
taputtaa
sattuva, sopiva
suoralta kädeltä, täydellisesti
kaunisteleva
Verbi
Substantiivi
pat englanniksi
The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep.
(ux)
A light tap or slap, especially with the hands.
(RQ:Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit)
To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
(RQ:Sewell Black Beauty)
To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat
(RQ:Baum Wizard of Oz)
To gently rain.
Exactly suitable, fitting, apt; timely, convenient, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken.
(Q)|Pity For Poor Africans|17|thru=20|quote=Your scruples and arguments bring to my mind a story so pat, you may think it is coin’d, on purpose to answer you, out of my mint; but, I can assure you, I saw it in print.|year=1788
(Q)|quote=Come, stack arms, Men! Pile on the rails; stir up the campfire bright; no matter if the canteen fails, we'll make a roaring night. Here Shenandoah brawls along, there burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, to swell the Brigade's rousing song, of “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.”We see him now — the old slouched hat cocked o’er his eye askew, the shrewd, dry smile, the speech so pat, so calm, so blunt, so true.|year=1862
Trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality.
(syn)
(quote-journal)
(quote-web)
(quote-book)(...)|isbn=978-0-300-20957-0|chapter=2|passage=Pat responses from management seemed to be multiple variations on the theme of “We value your feedback.”
Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
(RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet)
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(RQ:Eddison Worm)
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(clipping of)
(clipping of)
(quote-book)
(participle of) (present)
(participle of) (aorist)
to experience, undergo (something bad, unpleasant, unexpected, etc.)
(cln) four
(alt form)
stalemate (blocked situation)
(infl of)
stalemate
alternative form of (alter)
(inflection of)
the slot in the frame that accepts the axle of the wheel; dropout
(cln) (l)
(contraction of)
(uxi)
chisel (for woodworking)
role (gloss)
separation of hair of head with comb
to separate hair of head with comb
stalemate (gl)