neat 1 (n?t)adj. neat·er, neat·est 1. a. Orderly and clean; tidy: a neat office; a neat desk.b. Habitually tidy or well-organized: was lucky to have a neat roommate.2. Marked by ingenuity and skill; adroit: a neat turn of phrase.3. Not diluted or mixed with other substances: neat whiskey.4. Left after all deductions; net: neat profit.5. Slang Wonderful; terrific: That was a neat party.[Anglo-Norman neit, clear, pure, variant of Old French net, from Latin nitidus, elegant, gleaming, from nit?re, to shine.]neat?ly adv.neat?ness n.neat 2 (n?t)n. pl. neat Archaic A cow or other domestic bovine animal.[Middle English net, from Old English n?at.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.