pattable

comparative more pattable · superlative most pattable

1. rareAble to be patted; suitable for patting.

   The child was evidently deciding that a "bow-wow" had four legs and a tail and was small (pattable?).

   1992, Sylvia Farnham-Diggory, Cognitive Processes in Education, page 235

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   Peache, as played by Chris Makepeace, offers the audience little magnetism. Aside from his little boy grins and puppy-dog-pattable cuteness, he does little to convey his inner struggles and emotions.

   1980 August 30, Pat M. Kuras, “My Buddy, Myself”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 11