"pat-on-the-back" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pats-on-the-back",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pats-on-the-back"
      },
      "expansion": "pat-on-the-back (plural pats-on-the-back)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "pat on the back"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"A self-congratulatory apparatus having a simulated human hand carried on a pivoting arm suspended form shoulder supported member. The hand is manually swingable into and out of contact with the user's back to give an amusing or an important pat-on-the-back.\" (Abstract of U.S. patent 4,608,967 issued on September 2, 1986 http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?FT=D&CC=US&NR=4608967A)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of pat on the back"
      ],
      "id": "en-pat-on-the-back-en-noun-HEkM0yeL",
      "links": [
        [
          "pat on the back",
          "pat on the back#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pat on the back"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pat-on-the-back"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pats-on-the-back",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pats-on-the-back"
      },
      "expansion": "pat-on-the-back (plural pats-on-the-back)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "pat on the back"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"A self-congratulatory apparatus having a simulated human hand carried on a pivoting arm suspended form shoulder supported member. The hand is manually swingable into and out of contact with the user's back to give an amusing or an important pat-on-the-back.\" (Abstract of U.S. patent 4,608,967 issued on September 2, 1986 http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?FT=D&CC=US&NR=4608967A)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of pat on the back"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pat on the back",
          "pat on the back#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "pat on the back"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pat-on-the-back"
}