pat-down
or pat down
an act or instance of passing the hands over the body of a clothed person to detect concealed weapons, drugs, etc.; frisking.
Origin of pat-down
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How to use pat-down in a sentence
It was in truth more of a stop, curse, and search far beyond a pat-down that would have detected a gun.
Alphonza Bryant, the Slain Bronx Teen Who Did Everything Right | Michael Daly | May 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSix 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.
Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories | Thornton W. BurgessGood cooks always pat down the dough—they never roll it out.
A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband | Louise Bennett WeaverThis is accomplished when the brushes of the middle legs are used to pat down the pollen masses and to render them more compact.
The Behavior of the Honey Bee in Pollen Collection | D. B. CasteelA little pollen is loaded directly from the middle legs into the baskets when these legs are used to pat down the pollen masses.
The Behavior of the Honey Bee in Pollen Collection | D. B. Casteel
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