Pato
[pah-toh; Spanish pah-taw] /ˈpɑ toʊ; Spanish ˈpɑ tɔ/
noun
1.
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent’s net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
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[pat-wah, pah-twah; French pa-twa] /ˈpæt wɑ, ˈpɑ twɑ; French paˈtwa/ noun, plural patois [pat-wahz, pah-twahz; French pa-twa] /ˈpæt wɑz, ˈpɑ twɑz; French paˈtwa/ (Show IPA) 1. a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language. 2. a rural or provincial form of speech. 3. jargon; cant; […]
- Patoot
adjective phrase Abstaining from liquor; teetotal, at least temporarily: Monty didn’t drink, and Clifton James went on the wagon [1904+; first attested as on the water cart in 1902]
- Patootie
noun sweetheart Word Origin perhaps corruption of potato Usage Note slang, often used with ‘sweet’ n. “sweetheart, pretty girl,” colloquial American English, 1921, perhaps a corruption of potato (c.f. sweet potato). Sweet patootie is recorded from 1919 as a generic exclamation. n,n phr [1921+; perhaps fr a play on sweet potato suggested by sweetheart and […]
- Patos
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- Patr-
1. variant of before a vowel.