Definitions for Patter
ˈpæt ərpat·ter

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spiel, patter, line of gabnoun

   plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)

2. patterverb

   a quick succession of light rapid sounds

   "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet"

3. sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patterverb

   rain gently

   "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"

4. patter, pitter-patterverb

   make light, rapid and repeated sounds

   "gently pattering rain"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. patternoun

   One who pats.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Patterverb

   To make a noise like the quick steps of many feet.

   Etymology: from patte, Fr. the foot.

   Patt’ring hail comes pouring on the main,
   When Jupiter descends in harden’d rain. Dryden.

   The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard
   By such as wander through the forest walks. James Thomson.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Patter

   Patter is a prepared and practiced speech that is designed to produce a desired response from its audience. Examples of occupations with a patter might include the auctioneer, salesperson, dance caller, magician, or comedian. The term may have been a colloquial shortening of "Pater Noster", or the Lord's Prayer, and may have referred to the practice of mouthing or mumbling prayers quickly and mechanically. From this, it became a slang word for the secret and equally incomprehensible mutterings of a cant language used by beggars, thieves, fences, etc., and then the fluent plausible talk that a cheap-jack employs to pass off his goods. Many illusionists, e.g., card magicians, use patter both to enhance the show and to distract the attention of the spectators. It is thus also used of any rapid manner of talking, and of a patter-song, in which a very large number of words have to be sung at high speed to fit the music. A western square dance caller may interpolate patter—in the form of metrical lines, often of nonsense—to fill in between commands to the dancers.In some circumstances, the talk becomes a different sense of "patter": to make a series of rapid strokes or pats, as of raindrops. Here, it is a form of onomatopoeia. In certain forms of entertainment, peep shows (in the historical meaning) and Russian rayok, patter is an important component of a show. The radio DJ patter is among the roots of rapping. In hypnotherapy, the hypnotist uses a 'patter' or script to deliver positive suggestions for change to the client. In London Labour and the London Poor, Henry Mayhew divides the street-sellers of his time into two groups: the patterers, and everyone else.

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1. patter

   A patter is a rapid, continuous, and often repetitive speech or sound, typically used to present information quickly, in a persuasive or an entertaining manner. It can also refer to the casual, conversational or informal talk or similar sound made by animals or other sounds expressed in an easy-flowing and regular manner.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Patterverb

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

2. Patterverb

   to mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips

3. Patterverb

   to talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue

4. Patterverb

   to spatter; to sprinkle

5. Patterverb

   to mutter; as prayers

6. Patternoun

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

7. Patternoun

   glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue

8. Patternoun

   the cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter

9. Etymology: [See Patter, v. i., 2.]

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1. Patter

   Patter is a prepared and practiced speech that is designed to produce a desired response from its audience. Examples of occupations with a patter might include the auctioneer, salesperson, dance caller, or comedian. The term was originally a colloquial shortening of "Pater Noster", and referred to the practice of mouthing or mumbling prayers quickly and mechanically, without any expression of meaning or sincerity. From this, it became a slang word for the secret and equally incomprehensible mutterings of a cant language used by beggars, thieves, gypsies, etc., and then the fluent plausible talk that a cheap-jack employs to pass off his goods. Many illusionists, e.g., card magicians, use patter both to enhance the show and to distract the attention of the spectators. It is thus also used of any rapid manner of talking, and of a patter-song, in which a very large number of words have to be sung at high speed to fit the music. A western square dance caller may interpolate patter — in the form of metrical lines, often of nonsense — to fill in between commands to the dancers. In some circumstances, the talk becomes a different sense of "patter": to make a series of rapid strokes or pats, as of raindrops. Here it a form of onomatopeia.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Patter

   pat′ėr, v.i. to pat or strike often, as hailstones: to make the sound of short quick steps:—pr.p. patt′ering; pa.t. and pa.p. patt′ered. [A freq. of pat.]

2. Patter

   pat′ėr, v.i. to repeat the Lord's Prayer: to pray: to repeat over and over again indistinctly, to mumble.—v.t. to repeat hurriedly, to mutter.—n. glib talk, chatter: the cant of a class.—ns. Patt′erer, one who sells articles on the street by speechifying; Patt′er-song, a comic song in which a great many words are sung or spoken very rapidly.—Patter flash, to talk the jargon of thieves. [Pater-noster.]

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How to pronounce Patter?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Patter in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Patter in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Patter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Patter in a Sentence

1. Wilfred Owen:

   What passing bells for these who die as cattleOnly the monstrous anger of the guns.Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattleCan patter out their hasty orisons.

2. Donald Trump:

   She says the same thing over and over and over, but a lot of the people didn't hear it in the debate so they heard it for the first time. It's almost like robotic, frankly, she's got a good line of pitter-patter but if you listen for 5 minutes you develop a tremendous headache.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Patter
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Patter
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Patter
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patter
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Patter
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Patter
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Patter