Pat lightly (3)

I believe the answer is:

dab

(Other definitions for dab that I've seen before include "Digital radio" , "Flounder" , "Press gently; flatfish" , "Small North Atlantic flatfish" , "Fingerprint - fish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror, The Independent and the Universal.

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