patter
/ˈpæt.ɚ/ verb C2- To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch. · The bullets pattered into the log-cabin walls.
- To spatter; to sprinkle. · 1819 (published in 1835) Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay Patter the water about the boat.
He/she/it patters · Past pattered · Past participle pattered · -ing form pattering
Verb forms
- Base form
- patter
- He/she/it
- patters
- Past
- pattered
- Past participle
- pattered
- -ing form
- pattering
From the library
My fearful footsteps patter nigh,
We heard her say, ‘Mother, there are two men in the house waiting to see you,’ and an instant afterwards we heard the patter of feet rushing down the passage.
There was a thin, crisp, continuous patter from somewhere in the heart of that crawling bank.
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