Patter

[Pat·ter]

When something patters, it makes a light, rhythmic, tapping sound. On a rainy night, you might love lying in bed listening to the rain patter on the roof.

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To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.

Noun
plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)

Noun
a quick succession of light rapid sounds; "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet"

Verb
make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering rain"

Verb
rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"

v. i.
To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.

v. i.
To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips.

v. i.
To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue.

v. t.
To spatter; to sprinkle.

v. i.
To mutter; as prayers.

n.
A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet.

n.
Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.

n.
The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter.

Patter

Pat"ter , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pattered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pattering.] [Freq. of pat to strike gently.] 1. To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.
The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard.
2. To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips. Tyndale. [In this sense, and in the following, perh. from paternoster.] 3. To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue. [Colloq.]
I've gone out and pattered to get money.

Patter

Pat"ter, v. t. 1. To spatter; to sprinkle. [R.] "And patter the water about the boat." J. R. Drake. 2. [See Patter, v. i., 2.] To mutter; as prayers.
[The hooded clouds] patter their doleful prayers.
To patter flash, to talk in thieves' cant. [Slang]

Patter

Pat"ter, n. 1. A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet. 2. Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue. 3. The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter.

To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.

To spatter; to sprinkle.

A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet.

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Usage Examples

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.

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