Meaning

1 senses

  1. To patter; to scurry.

More definitions
  • make light, rapid and repeated sounds
  • rain gently

Origin

Reduplication of patter.

Reduplication of patter.

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Forms

pitter-patters, pitter-pattering, pitter-pattered, pitter-pattered
Base formpitter-patter · to pitter-patter
3rd person singularpitter-patters
Present participlepitter-pattering
Past simplepitter-pattered
Past participlepitter-pattered

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypitter-patter
he, she, itpitter-patters

Past simpleLesson

all personspitter-pattered

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pitter-patter

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pitifulpitifullypitilesspittancepituitarypityA2
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