View synonyms for pat-down

pat-down

or pat down

[ pat-doun ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an act or instance of passing the hands over the body of a clothed person to detect concealed weapons, drugs, etc.; frisking.

Noun use of verb phrase pat down

It was in truth more of a stop, curse, and search far beyond a pat-down that would have detected a gun.

Six Year Old Receives Pat-Down Just when you thought the TSA may have learned a lesson about-pat downs for children, this happens.

This came on the same day the agency defended the pat-down of a crying four-year-old in the Kansas airport.

John Tyner was in San Diego on his way to a hunting trip when he was stopped for a pat-down.

For some trips, it will be faster than flying –- without the pat-down.

Later, he found that his new tail was just what he needed to pat down the mud with which he covered the roof of his house.

Good cooks always pat down the dough—they never roll it out.

This is accomplished when the brushes of the middle legs are used to pat down the pollen masses and to render them more compact.

A little pollen is loaded directly from the middle legs into the baskets when these legs are used to pat down the pollen masses.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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