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Definition of Patter
1. Verb. Rain gently. "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
Generic synonyms: Rain, Rain Down
Derivative terms: Sprinkle, Sprinkling
2. Noun. Plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson).
Generic synonyms: Channel, Communication Channel, Line
Derivative terms: Spiel
3. Verb. Make light, rapid and repeated sounds. "Gently pattering rain"
4. Noun. A quick succession of light rapid sounds. "The patter of tiny feet"
Definition of Patter
1. v. i. To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.
2. v. t. To spatter; to sprinkle.
3. n. A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet.
4. n. The language or oratory of a street peddler, conjurer, or the like, hence, glib talk; a voluble harangue; mere talk; chatter; also, specif., rapid speech, esp. as sometimes introduced in songs.
Definition of Patter
1. Noun. The soft sound of feet walking on a hard surface. ¹
2. Verb. To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch. ¹
3. Noun. Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer, or banter during a sports event. ¹
4. Verb. To speak in such a way – glibly and rapidly, such as from an auctioneer, or when bantering during a sports event. ¹
5. Noun. One who pats. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Patter
1. to talk glibly or rapidly [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Patter
1. 1. To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet. "The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard." (Thomson) 2. To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips. [In this sense, and in the following, perh. From paternoster. 3. To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue. "I've gone out and pattered to get money." (Mayhew) Origin: Freq. Of pat to strike gently. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patter
Literary usage of Patter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"She had finished the patter she had learnt by heart. 1877. ... Well she could do
the French's patter, as she'd been there afore, when she was living on the ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"To patter, va 1. To repeat in a muttering sort of way without interruption ...
To patter backwards and forwards, or out and in doors ; to continue pattering ..."
3. Here and Now Story Book: Two-to Seven Year Olds; Experimental Stories by Lucy Sprague Mitchell (1921)
"You could hear them as they beat,—pitter patter, pitter patter, pitter patter
down the street. When he came to the end of this block, ..."
4. The Picturesque Geographical Readers by Charles Francis King (1889)
"And then they locked up all my blocks And took away my ball. " Oh, tell me, pretty
raindrops, Is that the way you play, Pitter-patter, pitter-patter, ..."
5. The Seasons by James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch (1842)
"The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard, By such as wander through the
forest walks, Beneath the umbrageous multitude of leaves. ..."
6. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"G. paddin, paddeln, to walk with short steps, ie to patter about, go with pattering
steps ; see patter. 2. The sense ' to dabble in water ' is in Palsgrave, ..."
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