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- 1. excellent: informal "a London crew with a really phat funk sound"
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Phat is a slang adjective that means highly attractive or gratifying, or excellent. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and etymology of phat from Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Meaning of phat in English. phat. adjective. slang uk / fæt / us / fæt / Add to word list. very good: The band has a really phat sound. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Informal words for good. A-OK. amazeballs. apple pie. awesomesauce. badass. dank. jim-dandy. juicy. killer. knock spots off something idiom. like a boss idiom.
Phat is a slang term that means great or superb, as in The upcoming artist dropped some phat beats on the new rap album. Phat can also be used to describe a person as very attractive, especially a woman who has shapely curves.
Learn the slang meaning of 'phat' as an adjective or noun in British and American English. See examples, synonyms, pronunciation and word origin of 'phat'.
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Etymology
The term derives from African American Vernacular English as a deliberate misspelling of the word fat.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /fæt/ 2. Rhymes: -æt
Adjective
phat (comparative phatter, superlative phattest) 1. (slang, originally African-American Vernacular) Excellent; cool; very good. 1.1. Synonyms: cool, excellent, fab; see also Thesaurus:excellent 1.1. 1994, “One Time 4 Your Mind”, in Illmatic, performed by Nas: 1.1.1. Aiyyo, Nas? Fuck that, man, that shit was phat/ But kick that for them gangstas, man, fuck all that! 1.2. 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 52:...
Etymology
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Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /pʰat/
Adverb
phat (Perso-Arabic spelling پھت) 1. suddenly
Etymology
From Proto-Chamic *phaːt, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqət.
Verb
phat 1. (transitive) to chisel
References
1. James A. Tharp, Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980) A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58), Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 1 November 2021, page 103
phat is a slang term that can mean excellent, cool, very good, voluptuous, or rich in texture. It is a deliberate misspelling of fat and has different meanings in African American Vernacular English, Phalura, and Rade languages.
Meaning of phat – Learner’s Dictionary. phat. adjective. very informal uk / fæt / us. Add to word list. very good: The band had a really phat sound. (Definition of phat from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of phat. in Chinese (Traditional) 很好的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 很好的… See more.
Definition of phat adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
