phat

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/fæt/

adjective

Excellent; cool; very good.

“The song has a phat bass line.”

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Meanings

phat1

adjectivephat (comparative phatter, superlative phattest)

comparative phatter · superlative phattest

  1. slangExcellent; cool; very good.

    Aiyyo, Nas? Fuck that, man, that shit was phat / But kick that for them gangstas, man, fuck all that!

    1994, “One Time 4 Your Mind”, in Illmatic, performed by Nas
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    We saw the kind of life bailers and hustlers were living. The women, the flamboyant cars, the phat mansions, the mad platinum jewelry.

    2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 52

    Synonyms: cool, excellent, fab, ace, admirable, amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome

  2. slangVoluptuous

    Synonyms: foxy, thicc, alluring, arousing, attractive, bangable, beautiful, beddable

  3. slangentertainmentRich in texture; prominent.

    The song has a phat bass line.

    Synonyms: prominent, rocking, juicy

phat2

nounphat (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn English trick-taking partnership card game descended from the game of all fours.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveExcellent; cool; very good.

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adjectiveVoluptuous

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adjectiveRich in texture; prominent.

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prominentrockingjuicy
Also see
excellent

Origin

The term derives from African American Vernacular English as a deliberate misspelling of the word fat.

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Translations

Dutch vet
  • vetslang: excellent
French génial, super
  • génialslang: excellent
  • superslang: excellent
  • sexyslang: sexy
German genial, super
  • genialslang: excellent
  • superslang: excellent
Italian sexy
  • sexyslang: sexy

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with phat

thatatchatsatflathatmattvatcombatacrobatlatstatnatdatscatMontserratmattewatkatprattplattatthermostatfrat
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Sounds the same

fatfat

Anagrams

pathPtah
Cite this entry
APA

phat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phat

MLA

“phat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phat. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phat,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phat.

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