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    pit·ter-pat·ter
    [ˈpidərˌpadər]
    noun
    pitter-patter (noun) · pitter-patters (plural noun)
    1. a sound as of quick light steps or taps:
      "the pitter-patter of tiny feet"
    adverb
    pitter-patter (adverb)
    1. with the sound of quick light steps or taps:
      "footsteps that go pitter-patter"
    verb
    pitter-patter (verb) · pitter-patters (third person present) · pitter-pattering (present participle) · pitter-pattered (past tense) · pitter-pattered (past participle)
    1. move with or make a pitter-patter sound:
      "the rain pitter-pattered on my windows"
    Origin
    mid 17th cent. (as adverb): reduplication (with vowel variation) of the verb patter.
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    noun
    1. a sound as of quick light steps or taps:
      patter
      tapping
      pattering
      drumming
      drumbeat
      clatter
      beat
      beating
      tattoo
      pounding
      throb
      pulsation
      rat-a-tat
      pit-a-pat
      clack
      click-clack
      thrum
      thrumming
      clacketing
    adverb
    1. with the sound of quick light steps or taps:
      palpitate
      pulse
      throb
      vibrate
      pump
      undulate
      surge
      heave
      ebb and flow
      beat
      pound
      thud
      thump
      hammer
      drum
      thrum
      oscillate
      reverberate
      tick
      flutter
      quiver
      rise and fall
      go pit-a-pat
      quop
    verb
    1. move with or make a pitter-patter sound:
      patter
      tap
      drum
      clatter
      beat
      pound
      rattle
      throb
      pulsate
      rat-a-tat
      pit-a-pat
      clack
      click-clack
      thrum
      bicker
      go pit-a-pat
      clacket
     
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  2. Series of quick, light knocking sounds
    a series of quick, light knocking sounds: I heard the pitter-patter of tiny feet (= the noise of children running). SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Sounds made by objects, movement or impact

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    noun the sound of a rapid succession of light beats or taps, as of rain, footsteps, etc. verb (used without object) to produce or move with this sound: She pitter-pattered along the hallway.

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