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  patty

  noun

  any item of food covered with dough, batter, etc., and fried or baked.
• Patty
  Patty

  noun

  a female given name, form of Patience or Patricia.

patty

¹ American  

[pat-ee] / ˈpæt i /

noun

• patties
  plural

1. any item of food covered with dough, batter, etc., and fried or baked.

   oyster patties.

2. a thin, round piece of ground or minced food, as of meat or the like.

   a hamburger patty.

3. a thin, round piece, as of candy.

   peppermint patties.

4. a little pie; pasty.

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Patty ² American  

[pat-ee] / ˈpæt i /

noun

1. a female given name, form of Patience or Patricia.

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patty British  

/ ˈpætɪ /

noun

1. a small flattened cake of minced food

2. a small pie

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• patties
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of patty

First recorded in 1700–10; alteration of pâté, conformed to English words with the suffix -y ²

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Example Sentences

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Toward the book’s end they fantasize about a world in which your local Waffle House serves “mycelium-based steak and Impossible burgers for the patty melts,” with red meat unavailable at most restaurants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

So there’s generally good profit in adding extra beef, since the only add-on cost to the restaurant is the patty itself, and that can be passed on to the consumer.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026

A group of snobby girls is called the Pattycakes, because they play patty cake, and their leader is named Patty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025

On our road trip we stopped at a Wendy’s in Mississippi and I realized the Light Phone III is quite close in shape and size to a Dave’s Single patty.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2025

"How much you got," Noodles said, sucking in his breath—the patty was hot!

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds

Quinn Delaney, a major Democratic donor and fundraiser for former President Obama, and Patty Quillin, a major philanthropist and wife of Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings, both have given $1.5 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Previously, the porchfest’s organizing committee staged performances throughout Patty Jewett, but they’ve found that having acts play on porches on a single street works better overall.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Patty Hajdu, Canada’s minister of jobs and families, said in a statement that the strike was “disappointing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Judges Patty Schwartz and Cheryl Ann Krause wrote incandescent dissents focusing on something that’s been driving you and me crazy for years: this “common use” test.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

Me, Patty, Sunny, and even Coach went dead quiet.

From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds

At its core, dinosaur nuggets are chicken patties that have been flash-fried and then baked.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

In March, it rolled out Big Arch—a limited-time, large-format burger that features two quarter-pound beef patties, white cheddar cheese, crispy onions, pickles, and a tangy new sauce on a toasted sesame-poppy seed bun.

From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026

Ironically, heavily processed and oddly shaped chicken patties, tenders and nuggets were popular so long as they claimed to contain 100% white meat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

The Oscars ceremonies are long, and he must have been hungry, because looking at photos, Jordan appears to have ordered the 3x3 burger - three beef patties and three slices of cheese.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026

Sausage patties, which reminded me of the brakeman.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

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