See back-pat on Wiktionary
Download JSON data for back-pat meaning in All languages combined (3.6kB)
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "back-pats",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "back-pat (plural back-pats)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "48 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2020 April 26, Harry Litman, “Beaten Red-and-Blue”, in Star Tribune, volume XXXIX, number 22, page A13",
"text": "It was also a back-pat to the NRA, which had already successfully lobbied the administration to amend its stay-at-home guidance to include gun stores within the exceptions for essential businesses.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2020 August 2, Andy Marlette, “Does RPOF have Dosev Derangement Syndrome?”, in Pensacola News Journal, volume 132, number 215, page 4F",
"text": "He’s earned all the best back-pats from all the greasiest palms in Tallahassee and beyond.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2020 September 17, Brad Molnar, “Vice President Pence in Montana: Stumped for Trump and Daines; A perspective”, in The Laurel Outlook, volume 112, number 12, page 4",
"text": "First back-pat was for the confirmation of over 200 conservative federal district judges and two conservative Supreme Court justices: Gorsuch and Kavanaugh.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Synonym of pat on the back"
],
"id": "en-back-pat-en-noun-TpzjBjr2",
"links": [
[
"pat on the back",
"pat on the back#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "pat on the back"
}
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "back pat"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "backpat"
}
],
"word": "back-pat"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "back-pats",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "back-patting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "back-patted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "back-patted",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "++"
},
"expansion": "back-pat (third-person singular simple present back-pats, present participle back-patting, simple past and past participle back-patted)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "48 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1911 February 19, “The Auto Racers”, in The Sun, volume CXLVIII, number 95, Baltimore, Md., part 2, page 1, column 4",
"text": "Barney has always back-patted himself that he is without an equal on the dirt track.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014 September 22, Scott Cruickshank, “Chase turns career around”, in Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alta., page D5, column 2",
"text": "Listed at six feet and 189 pounds, Chase has been back-patted for the turnaround.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2017 December 11, Kyle Nemwan, “Long skid takes toll on overall crowd size”, in The Daily Sentinel, volume 125, number 22, Grand Junction, Colo., page 1B",
"text": "Garner glad-handed and back-patted other Broncos fans who strolled by, offering them free food and drink.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Synonym of pat on the back"
],
"id": "en-back-pat-en-verb-TpzjBjr2",
"links": [
[
"pat on the back",
"pat on the back#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "pat on the back"
}
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "back pat"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "backpat"
}
],
"word": "back-pat"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English verbs"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "back-pats",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "back-pat (plural back-pats)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2020 April 26, Harry Litman, “Beaten Red-and-Blue”, in Star Tribune, volume XXXIX, number 22, page A13",
"text": "It was also a back-pat to the NRA, which had already successfully lobbied the administration to amend its stay-at-home guidance to include gun stores within the exceptions for essential businesses.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2020 August 2, Andy Marlette, “Does RPOF have Dosev Derangement Syndrome?”, in Pensacola News Journal, volume 132, number 215, page 4F",
"text": "He’s earned all the best back-pats from all the greasiest palms in Tallahassee and beyond.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2020 September 17, Brad Molnar, “Vice President Pence in Montana: Stumped for Trump and Daines; A perspective”, in The Laurel Outlook, volume 112, number 12, page 4",
"text": "First back-pat was for the confirmation of over 200 conservative federal district judges and two conservative Supreme Court justices: Gorsuch and Kavanaugh.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Synonym of pat on the back"
],
"links": [
[
"pat on the back",
"pat on the back#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "pat on the back"
}
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "back pat"
},
{
"word": "backpat"
}
],
"word": "back-pat"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English verbs"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "back-pats",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "back-patting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "back-patted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "back-patted",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "++"
},
"expansion": "back-pat (third-person singular simple present back-pats, present participle back-patting, simple past and past participle back-patted)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1911 February 19, “The Auto Racers”, in The Sun, volume CXLVIII, number 95, Baltimore, Md., part 2, page 1, column 4",
"text": "Barney has always back-patted himself that he is without an equal on the dirt track.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014 September 22, Scott Cruickshank, “Chase turns career around”, in Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alta., page D5, column 2",
"text": "Listed at six feet and 189 pounds, Chase has been back-patted for the turnaround.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2017 December 11, Kyle Nemwan, “Long skid takes toll on overall crowd size”, in The Daily Sentinel, volume 125, number 22, Grand Junction, Colo., page 1B",
"text": "Garner glad-handed and back-patted other Broncos fans who strolled by, offering them free food and drink.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Synonym of pat on the back"
],
"links": [
[
"pat on the back",
"pat on the back#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "pat on the back"
}
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "back pat"
},
{
"word": "backpat"
}
],
"word": "back-pat"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.