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Pitty-pat

adverb
1.
As of footsteps.  Synonyms: pit-a-pat, pitter-patter, pitty-patty.
2.
Describing a rhythmic beating.  Synonyms: pit-a-pat, pitter-patter, pitty-patty.





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"Pitty-pat" Quotes from Famous Books



... you, gran'mother's a queer one, shore— Makes your heart go pitty-pat! If the wind just happens to open a door, She'll say there's "a sign" in that! An' if no one ain't in a rockin'-chair An' it rocks itself, she'll say: "Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Oh, my! I'm afeared 'at somebody is goin' to die!" ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) • Various


Words linked to "Pitty-pat" :   pitter-patter


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