āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to pat
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āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨, āĻāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to gently touch or stroke with the hand, usually as a gesture of affection or reassurance
Transitive: to pat sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Every morning, she pats her cat as part of their daily routine.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§, āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻāĻļ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§āĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨, āĻāĻšā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to touch or hit gently and repeatedly with an open hand
Transitive: to pat sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The firefighter quickly patted the flames on his clothes to extinguish the small fire.
āĻĢāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻĒā§āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤
01
āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ
a gentle tapping or pressing motion done with the hands on the skin
02
āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ, āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤
the sound made by a gentle blow
01
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻŦā§
completely or perfectly
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āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻĒāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤, āĻāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļ
exactly suited to the occasion
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āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸āĻ°āĻ˛, āĻ āĻāĻā§āĻ°
having a response or explanation that is overly simple
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The consultant's pat solution ignored the deeper problems within the organization.
āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
patter
pat
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
