Simple past tense and past participle of pat.(verb)
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Use "patted" in a sentence
"Mr. Tena kind of patted me on the head yesterday when I was going on about how Obama waltzed in and took over the party the day after the nomination."
"The boy reached over and kind of patted him and hugged him."
"I kind of patted her tentatively at first, but after a minute of the muted sobbing, I put down Scott's box and hugged her tightly."