PHAT

Meaning of PHAT in English

/ fæt; NAmE / adjective

( slang , especially NAmE ) very good

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WORD ORIGIN

1970s (originally used to describe a woman, in the sense sexy, attractive ): of uncertain origin.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

PHAT — adjective (~ter; ~test) Etymology: probably alteration of 1fat Date: 1963 highly attractive or gratifying ; excellent
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PHAT — I. adjective or fat ˈfat, usu -ad.+V Etymology: alteration of fat of copy or type matter : susceptible of easy …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHAT — phat 1 /fat/ , n. Typesetting. fat (def. 25). [ by resp. ] phat 2 adj. Slang. great; wonderful; terrific. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PHAT — adj. (Slang) excellent, wonderful, great
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PHAT — adjective ( phat·ter; phat·test ) Etymology: probably alteration of fat (I) Date: 1963 slang : highly attractive or gratifying : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PHAT — [ fat ] ■ adjective black slang excellent. Origin 1970s (orig. used to describe a woman, in the sense 'sexy, …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PHAT — phat BrE AmE fæt
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PHAT — phat /fæt/ BrE AmE ( also ˈphat-ass American English ) adjective informal fashionable, attractive, or desirable – used by young …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PHAT — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES fat/phat beats (= music that sounds good ) ▪ Check out these fat beats.
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PHAT — Adj. 1. Excellent, pleasing, desirable.2. Fashionable.3. Musically, describing a full, deep and bassy sound originating from hip hop. Similarly, describing …
Slang English vocab
PHAT — adj превосходный
Dirty English-Russian vocab
PHAT — pretty hot and tempting, nice, cool Hey, phat wheels! The WRX is a cool car.
English Idioms vocabulary
PHAT — Physically Attractive Plenty o' Hips And Thighs Pretty Hot and Tasty Pretty Hot And Tempting For more possible definitions for …
Most Common Acronyms and Abbreviations English vocabulary
PHAT — half, a half hour, a part
Khowar English Dictionary
PHAT — adj. Pronunciation: ' fat Function: adjective Inflected Form: phat · ter; phat · test Etymology: probably alteration of 1 fat …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HUYNH TAN PHAT — born 1913, near My Tho, Vietnam died Sept. 30, 1989, Ho Chi Minh City one of the leading theoreticians of …
Britannica English vocabulary
PHAT-ASS — phat-ass BrE AmE ˈfæt æs AmE \ ˈfæt̬-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WICKEY-PHAT — Wicked + phat. Can be used to describe anything that is exceedingly phat. Example: Have you heard this new band? …
Slang English vocab
PHAT PAPER — Cash, moula, coin, currency of the rat race. Example: Hey, nice site. Sorry I can't give you any phat paper.
Slang English vocab
LEAN — I. ˈlēn verb ( leaned ˈlēnd, chiefly Brit ˈlent ; or chiefly British leant ˈlent ; leaned or chiefly British …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FAT — I. ˈfat, usu -ad.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fæt — more at vat 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHATIC — /fat"ik/ , adj. denoting speech used to express or create an atmosphere of shared feelings, goodwill, or sociability rather than …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FAT — — fatless , adj. — fatlike , adj. /fat/ , adj., fatter, fattest , n. , v. , fatted, fatting …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UN- — [un-] prefix [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG un- un-, L in-, Gk a-, an-, OE ne not--more at no] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PHATIC — [phat.ic] adj [Gk phatos, verbal of phanai to speak] (1923): of, relating to, or being speech used for social or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LYMPHATIC — [lym.phat.ic] adj (1649) 1 a: of, relating to, or produced by lymph, lymphoid tissue, or lymphocytes b: conveying lymph 2: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EMPHATIC — [em.phat.ic] adj [Gk emphatikos, fr. emphainein] (ca. 1708) 1: uttered with or marked by emphasis 2: tending to express oneself …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HUYGENS' WAVELET — Figure 2: Huygens' wavelets. Originating along the fronts of (A) circular waves and (B) plane waves, wavelets recombine to produce …
Britannica English vocabulary
FAT — I. fat 1 S2 W3 /fæt/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative fatter , superlative fattest ) [ Word Family: adjective …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOBAPHAT — Great, wonderful, phat, uber-phat or just plain bomb-diggity - but only when said by the whitest of white boys in …
Slang English vocab

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