patter
[verb]
Synonyms:
- tap, beat, pat, pitter-patter
- walk lightly, scurry, scuttle, skip, trip
[noun]
Synonyms:
- tapping, pattering, pitter-patter
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[noun]
Synonyms:
- spiel (informal), line, pitch
- chatter, gabble, jabber, nattering, prattle
- jargon, argot, cant, lingo (informal), patois, slang, vernacular
[verb]
Synonyms:
- chatter, jabber, prate, rattle on, spout (informal)

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. pat‧ter¹ /ˈpætə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: ⇒ pat²]
if something, especially water, patters, it makes quiet sounds as it keeps hitting a surface lightly and quickly
patter on
rain pattering on the window panes

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. patter² noun
[Sense 1,3: Date: 1800-1900; Origin: ⇒ patter¹]
[Sense 2: Date: 1700-1800; Origin: paternoster name of a Christian prayer (9-21 centuries)]

1. [singular] the sound made by something as it keeps hitting a surface lightly and quickly
patter of
the patter of footsteps
the pitter-patter of raindrops

2. [singular, uncountable] fast, continuous, and usually amusing talk, used by someone telling jokes or trying to sell something:
It’s difficult to look at the cars without getting the sales patter.

3. the patter of tiny feet used humorously to mean that someone is going to have a baby:
Are we going to hear the patter of tiny feet?

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

patter
verb
ADV. gently, lightly, softly | down The rain pattered down softly.
PREP. across Footsteps pattered across the floor.
against, along The child's feet pattered along the landing.
on Rain pattered lightly on the window.

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