pitter-patter
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pitter-patter
- /ˈpɪt.əˈpæt.ə/ UK
- /ˈpɪt.ɚˈpæt.ɚ/ US
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Reduplication of patter.
noun
- A soft, percussive sound, as of tiny feet, or of rain on a rooftop; patter. Once or twice I heard a faint pitter-patter like the feet of the dog going hither and thither on the sand far below me, and there were more bird-like sounds, but that was all.
verb pitter-patters · pitter-pattering · pitter-pattered
- To patter; to scurry. The rain was coming down heavier now, the drops pitter-pattering on the roof of the truck.
