"patting" meaning in English

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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1918, Laura Lee Hope, The Outdoor Girls in Army Service:",
          "text": "It is safe to say that Betty was fully dressed, to the last little pattings and fluffings of her blue morning dress, before ten minutes was up, and, with Mrs. Irving, was walking with rapidly beating heart down the hall toward Allen's room.",
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        "The act by which something is patted."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpætɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpʰæɾɪŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "padding"
    }
  ],
  "word": "patting"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of pat"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "pat",
          "pat#English"
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        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "padding"
    }
  ],
  "word": "patting"
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    "English verb forms",
    "English verbal nouns",
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  "forms": [
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1918, Laura Lee Hope, The Outdoor Girls in Army Service:",
          "text": "It is safe to say that Betty was fully dressed, to the last little pattings and fluffings of her blue morning dress, before ten minutes was up, and, with Mrs. Irving, was walking with rapidly beating heart down the hall toward Allen's room.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act by which something is patted."
      ],
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    }
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    {
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    {
      "homophone": "padding"
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  "word": "patting"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "present participle and gerund of pat"
      ],
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          "pat#English"
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      "homophone": "padding"
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