pat – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pat

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pat
Participle: patted
Gerund: patting

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of pat

Indicative

Present

Ipat
youpat
he;she;itpats
wepat
youpat
theypat

Perfect

Ihave patted
youhave patted
he;she;ithas patted
wehave patted
youhave patted
theyhave patted

Past

Ipatted
youpatted
he;she;itpatted
wepatted
youpatted
theypatted

Pluperfect

Ihad patted
youhad patted
he;she;ithad patted
wehad patted
youhad patted
theyhad patted

Future

Iwill pat
youwill pat
he;she;itwill pat
wewill pat
youwill pat
theywill pat

Future Perfect

Iwill have patted
youwill have patted
he;she;itwill have patted
wewill have patted
youwill have patted
theywill have patted

Subjunctive

Present

Ipat
youpat
he;she;itpat
wepat
youpat
theypat

Perfect

Ihave patted
youhave patted
he;she;ithave patted
wehave patted
youhave patted
theyhave patted

Imperfect

Ipatted
youpatted
he;she;itpatted
wepatted
youpatted
theypatted

Pluperfect

Ihad patted
youhad patted
he;she;ithad patted
wehad patted
youhad patted
theyhad patted

Conditional

Present

Iwould pat
youwould pat
he;she;itwould pat
wewould pat
youwould pat
theywould pat

Perfect

Iwould have patted
youwould have patted
he;she;itwould have patted
wewould have patted
youwould have patted
theywould have patted

Imperative

youpat
weLet's pat
youpat

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam patting
youare patting
he;she;itis patting
weare patting
youare patting
theyare patting

Perfect

Ihave been patting
youhave been patting
he;she;ithas been patting
wehave been patting
youhave been patting
theyhave been patting

Past

Iwas patting
youwere patting
he;she;itwas patting
wewere patting
youwere patting
theywere patting

Pluperfect

Ihad been patting
youhad been patting
he;she;ithad been patting
wehad been patting
youhad been patting
theyhad been patting

Future

Iwill be patting
youwill be patting
he;she;itwill be patting
wewill be patting
youwill be patting
theywill be patting

Future Perfect

Iwill have been patting
youwill have been patting
he;she;itwill have been patting
wewill have been patting
youwill have been patting
theywill have been patting

Conditional

Present

Iwould be patting
youwould be patting
he;she;itwould be patting
wewould be patting
youwould be patting
theywould be patting

Perfect

Iwould have been patting
youwould have been patting
he;she;itwould have been patting
wewould have been patting
youwould have been patting
theywould have been patting

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'pat'

abet, abhor, abut, acquit, admit, affrap, allot, alum, amel, amit, anagram, anvil, apparel, aret, arret, assot, astun, attrap, augur, avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'pat'

bat, cat, eat, fat, gat, hat, lat, mat, pact, pad,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to administer a physical blow
bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, dab, dash, dowse, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, hammer, hit, kick, knock, lunge, patter, pelt, pink, poke, pound, pummel, punch, rap, slam, slap, strike, swap, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, whack, whip, yerk
tap
beat, rap, hit, punch, box, slap, cuff, flatten
caress
pet, dab, stroke, rub, touch, tap, chuck

Antonyms

caress
aggravate, irritate, annoy, buffet

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1400, "a blow, stroke," perhaps originally imitative of the sound of patting. The verb "to tap or strike lightly" is attested from 1601, and the noun "light tap with hand" is from c.1804. The noun sense "that which is formed by patting" (as in pat of butter) is 1754, probably from the verb. The nursery rhyme phrase pat-a-cake is known from 1874.
2. From Middle English *patten, alteration (with loss of medial l) of platten, pletten (“to pat”), from Old English plættan (“to buffet, strike, slap, smack, give a sounding blow”), from Proto-West Germanic *plattjan, from Proto-Germanic *plat- (“to strike, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *blod-, *bled- (“to strike, beat”). Cognate with Middle Dutch platten, pletten (“to strike, bruise, crush, rub”), German platzen (“to split, burst, break up”), Bavarian patzen (“to pat”), Swedish plätta, pjätta (“to pat, tap”). For loss of l, compare patch for platch; pate for plate, etc. See plat. See: Old English 'plættan', German, old spelling 'platzen', Swedish 'plätta'.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] ’ She showed her perception of this similarity by laying the label key upon the key, and the label spoon upon the spoon. She was encouraged here by the natural sign of approbation, patting on the head. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] reason, reflect, and argue; if she spell a word wrong with the fingers of her right hand, she instantly strikes it with her left, as her teacher does, in sign of disapprobation; if right, then she pats herself upon the head, and looks pleased. She sometimes purposely spells a word wrong with the left hand, looks roguish for a moment and laughs, and then with the right hand strikes the left, as if [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] water there, in all changes of the winds and tides; no driving ashore upon the rocks, or slipping your cables and running out to sea, there: Peace—Peace—Peace—all peace ! ’ — Another walk, and patting the Bible under his left arm: ‘What ! These fellows are coming from the wilderness, are they ? Yes. From the dreary, blighted wilderness of Iniquity, whose only crop is Death. But do they lean [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] the dreamy murmur of the singing tea-kettle; saw Ruth tripping backward and forward, with plates of cake and saucers of preserves, and ever and anon stopping to put a cake into Harry's hand, or pat his head, or twine his long curls round her snowy fingers. She saw the ample, motherly form of Rachel, as she ever and anon came to the bedside, and smoothed and arranged something about the [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Topsy, with great gravity and adroitness, went through the exercise completely to Miss Ophelia's satisfaction; smoothing the sheets, patting out every wrinkle, and exhibiting, through the whole process, a gravity and seriousness with which her instructress was greatly edified. By an unlucky slip, however, a fluttering fragment of the [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)