Meanings
nounphatness (uncountable)
- slanguncountableentertainmentFullness, richness, body.
Once you experience the phatness a bass amp can inject into a signal, […]
2013, Chris Buono, The Guitarist's Guide to Line 6 Studio Tools, Cengage, →ISBN, page 1962 more examples
He's always telling Beth about the enormity of his next gig and the extraordinary phatness of his latest beats, and to be fair he can drop a good tune.
2013, Exquisite Corpse, or, How Not to Kill Your Neighbours, Blackfriars, →ISBNBut if a sound source is a little thin, and needs some warmth, body, or “phatness,” a tube mic could provide useful “sonic makeup.”
2015, Ian Corbett, Mic It!: Microphones, Microphone Techniques, and Their Impact on the Final Mix, Focal Press, →ISBN, page 76
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“phatness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phatness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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