3. neat having a trim and graceful appearance, contour, style, etc.: a neat figure.
4. neat cleverly effective; skillful; adroit: a neat solution.
5. neat Slang. great; wonderful; fine: What a neat car!
6. (adv.)neat Informal. neatly.
7. (n.)neat a bovine, as a cow or ox.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME net(e), OE nēat, c. OFris
Definition of 'NEAT'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (adj)neat, orderly clean or organized "her neat dress"; "a neat room"
2. (adj)neat showing care in execution "neat homework"; "neat handwriting"
3. (adj)neat, refined, tasteful free from what is tawdry or unbecoming "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"
4. (adj)clean, neat free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"
5. (adj)bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing very good "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
6. (adj)neat, straight, full-strength without water "took his whiskey neat"
1. (adjective)neat organized, careful, and not messy The room was neat and clean.; neat handwriting
2. neat (of a person) likingthings to be organized and not messy She's not very neat.
3. neat very good or well done some neat pictures of the event; What a neat way of saying "thank you!"; It was neat to see the family reunited.
4. neat simple and without anything unnecessary a neat solution to the problem; Everything was put away neatly.; They solved the problem very neatly.
Definition of 'NEAT'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)NEAT free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy
2. (adj)NEAT free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress
3. (adj)NEAT free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy
4. (adj)NEAT excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief
5. (adj)NEAT with all deductions or allowances made; net. [In this sense usually written net. See Net, a., 3.]
6. (noun)NEAT of or pertaining to the genus Bos, or to cattle of that genus; as, neat cattle
7. NEAT cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot