patter
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See also Pätter
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[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
patter (plural patters)
- The soft sound of feet walking on a hard surface.
- I could hear the patter of the burglar, so I hid in the linen closet.
- One who pats.
- Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer, or banter during a sports event.
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[edit] Verb
patter (third-person singular simple present patters, present participle pattering, simple past and past participle pattered)
- To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.
- The bullets pattered in the log-cabin walls.
