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Pitter-patter   Listen
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Pitter-patter  n.  A sound like that of alternating light beats. Also, a pattering of words.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Pitter-patter" Quotes from Famous Books



... fisherman did not expect an answer, for he straightened up once more and proceeded to whittle. The pitter-patter of the trotting horse, and the clatter of the wheels upon the flinty road, broke rudely upon the familiar little noises of the quiet summer morning. One sidewise glance satisfied Orn that the men in the vehicle ...
— The Secret of the Storm Country • Grace Miller White

... mother sit There's a drift of dead leaves at the door Like pitter-patter of little ...
— The Haunted Hour - An Anthology • Various

... I'm afraid on, sir. Can't hear nothing, sir," he said mournfully. "Yes, I can; just a soft sort o' sound as is getting louder. It's pitter-patter o' little feet in the mud. Yes, that's it, sir. They're a-coming nigher and nigher. Oh! don't I wish I was out behind 'em with a couple of those grey dogs without any tails the drovers uses. I'd have 'em in through the gates in ...
— Fix Bay'nets - The Regiment in the Hills • George Manville Fenn



Words linked to "Pitter-patter" :   patter, pit-a-pat, pitty-pat, rain, tap, sound, pat, rap, pitty-patty, rain down, sprinkle



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