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backpat

backpat is the alternative form of back-pat.

Meaning of back-pat

Noun

back-pat (plural back-pats)

  1. Synonym of pat on the back.
    • 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.2020 April 26, Harry Litman, “Beaten Red-and-Blue”, in Star Tribune, volume XXXIX, number 22, page A13
    Synonyms:
    pat on the back

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Forms of backpat

Noun
pluralbackpats
Verb
third-person singular presentbackpats
present participlebackpatting
past participlebackpatted
pastbackpatted

Questions about backpat

What is backpat the alternative form of?
Backpat is the alternative form of back-pat.

Words near backpat in the dictionary

  1. backpages
  2. backpain
  3. backpains
  4. backpass
  5. backpasses
  6. backpat
  7. backpatch
  8. backpatched
  9. backpatches
  10. backpatching
  11. backpats

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