Explore Pat through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like tap or dab. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Pat in a sentence
Related words
Pat meaning
- 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.
Synonyms of Pat
Using Pat
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: tap, dab, caress, chuck.
- In the example corpus, pat often appears in combinations such as: and pat, pat cummins, of pat.
Context around Pat
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 15 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pat
- In this selection, "pat" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, perky, stand, ranger, gray, maclean and tillman stand out and add context to how "pat" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all else pat pepin is and an ex pat tilehurst living. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pat" sits close to words such as murdered, appealed and pricing, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pat
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Pat Gray of “Pat Gray Unleashed” is not amused. (9 words)
Pat writes stories of life, love, joy, and sadness, above all else, Pat Pepin is a storyteller. (17 words)
Aaron Rodgers told "The Pat McAfee Show" he is looking to revisit ayahuasca in the off-season. (17 words)
C2-6: Bridgeport (17-7) vs. North Platte St. Pat’s (21-3)…The Lady Bulldogs come in having won two straight in the sub-district tournament against Hemingford and Bayard while St. Pat’s enters with wins in six of their last seven games. (45 words)
Air India pilot told to remove turban, get pat-down at Madrid airportAn Air India Sikh pilot faced harassment at Madrid airport in Spain on Tuesday night when he was asked to remove his turban for screening or undergo a pat-down. (42 words)
The company also secretly creates "Can-D", an illegal but widely available hallucinogenic drug allowing the user to "translate" into Perky Pat (if the drug user is a woman) or Pat's boyfriend, Walt (if the drug user is a man). (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
Keeler: Broncos need to stand pat at NFL trade deadline with Pat Surtain II, defense that made Patrick Mahomes look silly.
One ex-pat, Tim May said: “I’m an Ex Pat (Tilehurst) living in the Canadian Rockies now for 15 yrs and trust me these are an institution in Canada.
Pat MacLean scored on 49 and 65 minutes to put Ballachullish two up with late efforts from Aaron MacIntyre on 86 minutes and Pat MacLean’s hat-trick effort on 89 minutes completing the scoring.
The Pat Tillman Award for Service was created in memory of former NFL player and U.S. Army Ranger Pat Tillman.
When I first saw his audition demo video of the Lucky This Time,’ Nick was playing drums with those signature Pat snare hits and singing harmonies spot on to what Pat used to do.
However, Panthers (who are level with Pat's on 18 points) are only 13 points behind the Saints in differential so Pat's need their rivals to win - but not by too much.
Pat Gray, Keith Malinak, and Jeffy of “Pat Gray Unleashed” are shocked at how quickly things went sour.
Pat Gray of “Pat Gray Unleashed” is not amused.
Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi felt the points should never have occurred, as officials questionably called redshirt-first year Pat Garwo III down on second down, negating a Pitt fumble recovery.
Air India pilot told to remove turban, get pat-down at Madrid airportAn Air India Sikh pilot faced harassment at Madrid airport in Spain on Tuesday night when he was asked to remove his turban for screening or undergo a pat-down.
Pat” Williams, aptly titled “The Ms. Pat Show,” has received a pilot order at Hulu, an individual with knowledge of the project tells TheWrap.
Pat writes stories of life, love, joy, and sadness, above all else, Pat Pepin is a storyteller.
After some small talk, they told Pat they were eager that he be elected Speaker of the State Assembly and handed him a sealed envelope which Pat, in turn, gave to his staff to deposit.
C2-6: Bridgeport (17-7) vs. North Platte St. Pat’s (21-3)…The Lady Bulldogs come in having won two straight in the sub-district tournament against Hemingford and Bayard while St. Pat’s enters with wins in six of their last seven games.
Imagine opening up Twitter and seeing, interspersed with alerts from the swiftly coming apocalypse, dazzling homemade loops of Pat Mahomes doing all his crazy Pat Mahomes shit.
Then just when you thought you’d seen Pat’s high point of the game, Dame dumped another alley-oop dunk pass to the Blazers’ “Most Valuable” Pat who slammed it home.
Material used from prior work * The Perky Pat and Connie Companion products were introduced in the novelette The Days of Perky Pat published in 1963.
Rothbard supported the presidential campaign of Pat Buchanan in 1992, and wrote that "with Pat Buchanan as our leader, we shall break the clock of social democracy." citation First published in The Rothbard-Rockwell Report, January 1992.
The company also secretly creates "Can-D", an illegal but widely available hallucinogenic drug allowing the user to "translate" into Perky Pat (if the drug user is a woman) or Pat's boyfriend, Walt (if the drug user is a man).
Aaron Rodgers told "The Pat McAfee Show" he is looking to revisit ayahuasca in the off-season.
Common combinations with pat
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and pat 17×
- pat cummins 10×
- of pat 8×
- coach pat 8×
- the pat 7×
- pat mcafee 7×
- pat gray 4×
- st pat 4×
- pat mahomes 4×
- pat and 4×