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Pat (noun)
The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep
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Pat (noun)
A light tap or slap, especially with the hands
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Pat (noun)
A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.
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Pat (noun)
Patent.
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Pat (noun)
Pattern.
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Pat (verb)
To (gently) tap the flat of one’s hand on a person or thing.
“To show affection, he decided he would pat the boy on the head.”
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Pat (verb)
To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat
“I patted the cookie dough into shape.”
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Pat (verb)
To stroke or fondle (an animal).
“Do you want to pat the cat?”
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Pat (verb)
To gently rain.
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Pat (adjective)
Timely, suitable, apt, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken.
“a pat expression”
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Pat (adjective)
Trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality.
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Pat (adverb)
Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
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Pat (adverb)
Perfectly.
“He has the routine down pat.”
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Pot (noun)
A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food.
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Pot (noun)
Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly
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Pot (noun)
A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.
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Pot (noun)
A coffee or teapot.
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Pot (noun)
A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.
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Pot (noun)
A vessel used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot; a toilet; the lavatory.
“Shit or get off the pot.”
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Pot (noun)
A crucible: a melting pot.
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Pot (noun)
A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobsterpot.
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Pot (noun)
A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.
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Pot (noun)
A perforated cask for draining sugar.
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Pot (noun)
An earthen or pewter cup or mug used for drinking liquor.
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Pot (noun)
Ruin or deterioration.
“After his arrest, his prospects went to pot.”
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Pot (noun)
An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
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Pot (noun)
A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
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Pot (noun)
The games of chance; any sum of money being used as an enticement.
“No one’s interested. You need to sweeten the pot.”
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Pot (noun)
A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
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Pot (noun)
The act of causing a ball to fall into a pocket in cue sports such as billiards.
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Pot (noun)
clipping of potbelly: a pot-shaped belly, a paunch.
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Pot (noun)
clipping of potshot: a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot.
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Pot (noun)
A plaster cast.
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Pot (noun)
: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.
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Pot (noun)
Marijuana
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Pot (noun)
A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.
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Pot (noun)
clipping of potion
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Pot (verb)
To put (something) into a pot.
“to pot a plant”
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Pot (verb)
To bottling or canning.
“potted meat”
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Pot (verb)
To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
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Pot (verb)
To be capable of being potted.
“The black ball doesn’t pot; the red is in the way.”
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Pot (verb)
To shoot with a firearm.
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Pot (verb)
To take a pot shot, or haphazard shot, with a firearm.
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Pot (verb)
To secure; gain; win; bag.
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Pot (verb)
To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.
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Pot (verb)
To tipple; to drink.
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Pot (verb)
To drain.
“to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc. with perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off”
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Pot (verb)
To seat a person, usually a young child, onto a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.
“Could you please pot the children before sending them to bed?”
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Pot (verb)
To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.