Definition of "patting" []

• Present participle of pat. (verb)

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• "Hmmm. This bit of Bryan and Robin patting each other on the brain is beginning to suggest that maybe GMU has too many blogs; they are continually puffing each other up."
• "And a diversion, he said. we do not have to begin patting myself back as well as think, what we found today."
• "Okay, I don't usually indulge in patting-self-on-the-back, but I'm so excited about my new watch I just had to show it off."