phat
/fæt/
phat adjective: excellent; cool; very good.
Adjective
phat (comparative phatter, superlative phattest)
- Excellent; cool; very good.
- Aiyyo, Nas? Fuck that, man, that shit was phat / But kick that for them gangstas, man, fuck all that!1994, “One Time 4 Your Mind”, in Illmatic, performed by Nas
- We saw the kind of life bailers and hustlers were living. The women, the flamboyant cars, the phat mansions, the mad platinum jewelry.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 52
- Voluptuous
- Rich in texture; prominent.
- The song has a phat bass line.
Noun
phat (uncountable)
Synonyms of phat
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Forms of phat
| comparative | phatter |
|---|---|
| superlative | phattest |
Origin of phat
The term derives from African American Vernacular English as a deliberate misspelling of the word fat.
Words formed from phat
Words that rhyme with phat
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- mat
- slat
- blat
- matt
- matte
- nat
- pat
- sat
- scat
- sprat
- vat
- old hat
- plat
- prat
- rabat
- spat
- tat
- @
- acrobat
- anticat
- antifat
- antirat
- batt
- big cat
- Cheshire cat
- clat
- combat
- gat
- glatt
- gnat
- manat
- Montserrat
- plait
- scrat
- skat
- stat
- the fact that
- twat
- whereat
- begat
- Bratt
- BTO flat
- chowkat
- dassie rat
- dat
- despotat
- drat
- Flatt
Questions about phat
- What does phat mean?
- Phat means excellent; cool; very good.
- What part of speech is phat?
- Phat can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce phat?
- Phat is pronounced /fæt/.
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