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PATTER
spiel, patter, line of gab
(noun) plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
patter
(noun) a quick succession of light rapid sounds; “the patter of mice”; “the patter of tiny feet”
patter, pitter-patter
(verb) make light, rapid and repeated sounds; “gently pattering rain”
sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter
(verb) rain gently; “It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
patter (plural patters)
A soft repeated sound, as of rain falling, or feet walking on a hard surface.
Verb
patter (third-person singular simple present patters, present participle pattering, simple past and past participle pattered)
To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.
To spatter; to sprinkle.
Etymology 2
Noun
patter (countable and uncountable, plural patters)
Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer or a sports commentator.
Verb
patter (third-person singular simple present patters, present participle pattering, simple past and past participle pattered)
To speak glibly and rapidly, as does an auctioneer or a sports commentator.
(intransitive, obsolete) To repeat the Lord's Prayer.
(intransitive, obsolete) To pray.
(transitive, obsolete) To repeat hurriedly; to mutter.
Etymology 3
Noun
patter (plural patters)
One who pats.
Anagrams
• Pratte, p'tater
Source: Wiktionary
Pat"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Pattering.] Etym: [Freq. of pat to strike gently.]
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. Tyndale. Etym: [In this sense, and in the following, perh. from paternoster.]
3. To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue. [Colloq.] I've gone out and pattered to get money. Mayhew.
Pat"ter, v. t.
1. To spatter; to sprinkle. [R.] "And patter the water about the boat." J. R. Drake.
2. Etym: [See Patter, v. i., 2.]
Definition: To mutter; as prayers. [The hooded clouds] patter their doleful prayers. Longfellow. To patter flash, to talk in thieves' cant. [Slang]
Pat"ter, n.
1. A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet.
2. Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.
3. The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter.
PAT
Pat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patted; p. pr. & vb. n. Patting.] Etym: [Cf. G. patschen, Prov. G. patzen, to strike, tap.]
Definition: To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly; to tap; as, to pat a dog. Gay pats my shoulder, and you vanish quite. Pope.
Pat, n.
1. A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap.
2. A small mass, as of butter, shaped by pats. It looked like a tessellated work of pats of butter. Dickens.
Pat, a. Etym: [Cf. pat a light blow, D. te pas convenient, pat, where pas is fr. F. passer to pass.]
Definition: Exactly suitable; fit; convenient; timely. "Pat allusion." Barrow.
Pat, adv.
Definition: In a pat manner. I foresaw then 't would come in pat hereafter. Sterne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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