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1. (of accurately measured timings) Exactly, precisely.Examples: "In the mile race, Smith's time was 3:58.56, and Brown's was four minutes flat."; "Dan Patch clocked a scorching 1:55.5 flat."; "I play doctor for five minutes flat Before I cut my heart open and let the air out"

2. (with units of time, distance, etc) Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.Examples: "He can run a mile in four minutes flat."; "Found my coat and grabbed my hat / Made the bus in seconds flat"

3. (of a sentence) Without parole.Examples: "The recent case in Dallas where two gay males were killed by an 18 yr old straight kid is a perfect example of what gays in this state face. The kid got 30 yrs (he'll do 3 or 4 yrs and be paroled) yet I must do 12 years flat for a robbery in which no one was hurt."

4. (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.Examples: "The bonds are trading flat."slang

1. An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).Examples: "I can run on the flat but not up hills."; "The going will be easier once we're through these mountains and onto the flat."

2. An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).Examples: "This horse will do better over the flat."; "flat racing, the flat season"; "In light of Horse Racing Ireland's Covid-19 contingency plan announcement, that whenever racing resumes the Flat will be given priority, Elliott has decided to keep a number of talented jumpers on the go during the summer, with a view towards a dual-purpose campaign."sometimes

3. An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).Examples: "As forecast, Joe suspected nothing as he pottered round the flat in the sunshine, absorbed in the task of picking winners."Australiasometimes

4. An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).

5. (music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).Examples: "The key of E♭ has three flats."

6. (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/flat tire.Examples: "The next one surrendered his bike, only for that, too, to give him a second flat as he started the descent."informal

1. (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.slang

2. (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.intransitive

3. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.colloquialintransitive

4. (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.transitive

5. (transitive, dated) To make flat; to flatten; to level.Examples: "And thus thoſe Forts vvhich vvere erected to defend the Crovvne, firſt offended the King, ſome fevv vvhereof as he recouered, he flatted to the ground, and vviſhed the other no higher vvalls; ſtill ſvvearing by Gods Birth (his vſuall Oath) hee vvould not ſlightly bee vnſeated of his Crovvne, and vvondring vvhat ſhould mooue them, vvho had ſo readilie aduanced him, ſo ſpeedily to vnſtate him."; "The pods, which seldom contain less than thirty nuts of the size of a flatted olive, grow upon the stem and principal branches."datedtransitive

6. (transitive, dated) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.Examples: "Passions are allayed, appetites are flatted."datedtransitive

1. (chiefly British, New England, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, archaic elsewhere) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rentExamples: "The excellence of French flats is so well known in America, that the owner will often refer to his property as "first class French flats.""; "A kiss may be grand but it won’t pay the rental on your humble flat or help you at the automat."; "[NICELY]When you meet a gent paying all kinds of rent for a flat that could flatten the Taj Mahal. [BOTH]Call it sad, call it funny but it’s better than even money that the guy’s only doing it for some doll."Synonyms: apartmentAustraliaBritishIndiaNew-EnglandNew-ZealandSingaporeSouth-Africadialectal

1. (transitive, obsolete) To beat or strike; poundobsoletetransitive

2. (transitive) To dash or throwtransitive

3. (intransitive) To dash, rushintransitive