Definitions for pitter-patter

pitter-patter pit·ter-pat·ter

Spelling: [pit-er-pat-er]
IPA: /ˈpɪt ərˈpæt ər/

Pitter-Patter is a 13 letter English word.

You can make 303 anagrams from letters in pitter-patter (-aeeipprrtttt).

Definitions for pitter-patter

noun

  1. the sound of a rapid succession of light beats or taps, as of rain, footsteps, etc.

adverb

  1. with such a sound:

verb (used without object)

  1. to produce or move with this sound:

Origin of pitter-patter

1400-50; late Middle English: a babbled prayer; perhaps imitative

Examples for pitter-patter

Then came the pitter-patter of claws upon the smooth surface of the ice.

Up and down the children ran, with a pitter-patter of clamouring feet on the leads.

She had not gone far when she heard the pitter-patter of feet.

There was stillness; no battery, however distant, no pitter-patter of rifle fire, no chattering report of the machine guns.

My heart kept up its pitter-patter as I continued reading down the thread.

At length there was a pitter-patter, pitter-patter, and some bits of mortar fell from the wall above.

The others followed, pitter-patter down the stairs, and along the gravelled path.

Jack a little later heard the cat-like steps of its mate leaving the place, until the pitter-patter died away in the distance.

The noise kept on, "pitter-patter; pitter-patter-patter-pitter; pat-pit-pat-pit."

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