Meaning

6 senses
  1. To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.

    The bullets pattered into the log-cabin walls.

    бараба́нитьbarabánitʹ, посту́киватьpostúkivatʹ

    барабанитиbarabanyty, дріботітиdribotity, тарабанитиtarabanyty

    make light, rapid and repeated sounds

  2. To spatter; to sprinkle.

    1819 (published in 1835) Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay Patter the water about the boat.

  3. To speak glibly and rapidly, as does an auctioneer or a sports commentator.

    plappern

    тарато́ритьtaratóritʹ, говори́ть скорогово́ркойgovorítʹ skorogovórkoj, треща́тьtreščátʹ

  4. (intransitive, obsolete)To repeat the Lord's Prayer.

  5. (intransitive, obsolete)To pray.

  6. (obsolete, transitive)To repeat hurriedly; to mutter.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. Rain was pattering on the roof.

    ruДождь стучал по крыше.

    deRegen prasselte auf das Dach.

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  2. The rain pattered against the windowpanes.

    deDer Regen prasselte gegen die Fensterscheiben.

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  3. The rain pattered against the windows.

    deDer Regen schlug gegen die Fenster.

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  4. The rain pattered against the window.

    ruДождь стучал по окну.

    deDer Regen schlug gegen das Fenster.

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  5. The rain is pattering on the roof.

    ruДождь стучит по крыше.

    deDer Regen prasselt aufs Dach.

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Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to make irregularly repeated sounds:
Русский
By meaning 2
to make irregularly repeated sounds:
to speak glibly and rapidly:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to speak glibly and rapidly:

Origin

1610s, pat + -er (“frequentative (indicating repeated action)”), of (onomatopoeia) origin.

1610s, pat + -er (“frequentative (indicating repeated action)”), of (onomatopoeia) origin.

Noun is from Middle English pater, verb is from Middle English pateren.

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Forms

patters, pattering, pattered, pattered
Base formpatter · to patter
3rd person singularpatters
Present participlepattering
Past simplepattered
Past participlepattered

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypatter
he, she, itpatters

Past simpleLesson

all personspattered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pattered
he, she, ithas pattered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill patter

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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