pitapats
plural of pitapat
Source: Wiktionary
Pit"a*pat`, adv. Etym: [An onomatopoetic reduplication of pat a light, quick blow.]
Definition: In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats. Lowell. "The fox's heart went pitapat." L'Estrange.
Pit"a*pat`, n.
Definition: A light, repeated sound; a pattering, as of the rain. "The pitapat of a pretty foot." Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 May 2025
(adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; “he had a dazed expression on his face”; “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”; “was stupid from fatigue”
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