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1. (n.) pitter-patter
the sound of a rapid succession of light beats or taps, as of rain or footsteps.
2. (v.i.) pitter-patter
to produce or move with this sound.
3. (adv.) pitter-patter
with such a sound.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME: a babbled prayer; of expressive orig.)
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1. (verb) pitter-patter
a series of rapid tapping sounds
"she missed the pitter-patter of little feet around the house"
2. (verb) sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter
rain gently
"It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
3. (adverb) patter, pitter-patter
make light, rapid and repeated sounds
"gently pattering rain"
4. (adverb) pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitty-pat, pitter-patter
as of footsteps
"he came running pit-a-pat down the hall"
5. (adverb) pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitty-pat, pitter-patter
describing a rhythmic beating
"his heart went pit-a-pat"
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Sense: a light, tapping sound
the pitter-patter of rain on a window.
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 Afrikaans: geklots, gespetter |
 Arabic: طَقْطَقَة المَطَر |
 Bulgarian: тропане |
 Brazilian: tique-taque |
 Czech: ťukání |
 German: das Prasseln |
 Danish: trommen |
 Greek: ελαφρό χτύπημα |
 Spanish: repiqueteo, golpeteo, tam |
 Estonian: pladin |
 Farsi: چک چک؛ شر شر |
 Finnish: naputus |
 French: crépitement |
 Hebrew: נְקִישוֹת מְהִירוֹת ותכוּ |
 Hindi: टपटपाने की आवाज |
 Croatian: tapkanje |
 Hungarian: kopogás |
 Indonesian: suara ketuk-ketuk |
 Icelandic: létt og hröð högg |
 Italian: picchiettio |
 Japanese: パタパタという音 |
 Korean: (빗소리) 후두두, 후닥닥 |
 Lithuanian: kapsėjimas, tuksėjimas |
 Latvian: grabēšana; čabināšana; ti |
 Malay: bunyi detas |
 Dutch: getik |
 Norwegian: (lett) klapring; plasking |
 Polish: bębnienie |
 Persian: چک چک؛ شر شر |
 Pashto: زرزر |
 Portuguese: tique-taque |
 Romanian: răpăit |
 Russian: лёгкое постукивание |
 Slovak: ťukanie |
 Slovenian: škrebljanje |
 Serbian: dobovanje |
 Swedish: smatter |
 Thai: เสียงเคาะเบา ๆ |
 Turkish: pıtırdama sesi |
 Taiwanese: 劈劈啪啪聲 |
 Ukrainian: биття, трепет |
 Urdu: ٹپ ٹپ کي آواز |
 Vietnamese: tiếng lộp độp |
 Chinese: 劈劈啪啪声 |
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