Pat \Pat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patted; p. pr. & vb. n. Patting.]

[Cf. G. patschen, Prov. G. patzen, to strike, tap.]

To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly; to tap; as, to pat a dog.

Gay pats my shoulder, and you vanish quite. --Pope.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Pat \Pat\, n.

1. A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap.

2. A small mass, as of butter, shaped by pats.

It looked like a tessellated work of pats of butter. --Dickens.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Pat \Pat\, a. [Cf. pat a light blow, D. te pas convenient, pat, where pas is fr. F. passer to pass.]

Exactly suitable; fit; convenient; timely. ``Pat allusion.'' --Barrow.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Pat \Pat\, adv. In a pat manner.

I foresaw then 't would come in pat hereafter. --Sterne.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)