pat

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to touch lightly with a flat hand; also exactly apt or glib

   She gave the dog a gentle pat on the head.

Late Middle English, probably of imitative origin, representing the sound of a light slap or tap; the adjectival sense 'exactly to the point, glib' developed later from the notion of hitting precisely.

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