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Definition of Pitter
1. n. A contrivance for removing the pits from peaches, plums, and other stone fruit.
2. v. i. To make a pattering sound; to murmur; as, pittering streams.
Definition of Pitter
1. Noun. See pitter-patter. ¹
2. Noun. A device that removes pits from fruit such as olives or cherries. ¹
3. Verb. To make a pattering sound. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pitter
1. to sound like a grasshopper [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Pitter
1. A contrivance for removing the pits from peaches, plums, and other stone fruit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitter
Literary usage of Pitter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Here and Now Story Book: Two-to Seven Year Olds; Experimental Stories by Lucy Sprague Mitchell (1921)
"Fitter patter, pitter patter, pitter patter down the street. When he came to the
end of the block ... You could hear them as they beat pitter patter, pitter ..."
2. The Picturesque Geographical Readers by Charles Francis King (1889)
"pitter-PATTER " Oh, where do you come from, You little drops of rain, pitter-patter,
pitter-patter, Down the window pane? " They won't let me walk, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"pitter-PATTER. To go pit-a-pat; to be»t pit. Chesh. FITTER. (1) To grieve.
(2) To squeak. East. incessantly; to palpitate. North. ..."
4. At Home and at School by Charles Francis King (1889)
"Oh, where do you come from, You little drops of rain, pitter-patter, ... Oh, tell
me, pretty raindrops, Is that the way you play, pitter-patter, ..."
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