Definitions for patter

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patter pat·ter

Spelling: [pat-er]

IPA: /ˈpæt ər/

Patter is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 115 anagrams from letters in patter (aeprtt).

Definitions for patter

noun

1. a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
2. the act of pattering.
3. meaningless, rapid talk; mere chatter; gabble.
4. the usually glib and rapid speech or talk used by a magician while performing, a barker at a circus or sideshow, a comedian or other entertainer, a vendor of questionable wares, or the like; stylized or rehearsed talk used to attract attention, entertain, etc.
5. amusing lines delivered rapidly by an entertainer or performer, as in a comic routine or in a song.
6. the jargon or cant of any class, group, etc.
7. a person or thing that pats.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to patter.
2. to spatter with something.
3. to recite or repeat (prayers, verses, etc.) in a rapid, mechanical way.
4. to repeat or say rapidly or glibly.

verb (used without object)

1. to make a rapid succession of light taps:
2. to move or walk lightly or quickly:
3. to talk glibly or rapidly, especially with little regard to meaning; chatter.
4. to repeat a paternoster or other prayer in a rapid, mechanical way.

Origin of patter

First recorded in 1605-15; pat¹ + -er⁶

Examples for patter

The scenes are succinct, by and large; the patter of the characters rolls right along, whether you catch their drift or not.

And now the patter of running feet sounded from the pavement below.

There was a patter of feet from the sitting-room and Barbara came running, Petunia in her arms.

The patter of feet in the hall and a knock at the door startled him.

You read a lot of patter about this presidential election being surprisingly tame.

He fancied from the patter on the shingle roof, that it was raining outside.

"I see you have acquired all the 'patter,'" remarked Miller.

Her father, Frederick Dalziel, was British and with a bearing and patter that suggested far more wealth than he had.

I could make ten dollars a patter if I could do it as natural as you do.

But the rest of us have caught the patter and it makes us 'feel good'.