pattering

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Groupings of frequent irregularly repeated sounds of moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch
Present participle of patter
{i} sound of footsteps; chattering, making small talk; gossiping
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One who pats
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to mumble something over and over
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{v} to beat or make a noise like hail
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The soft sound of feet walking on a hard surface
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Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue
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as sometimes introduced in songs
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rapid speech, esp
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plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
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To chatter, to clack Dr Pusey thinks it is derived from Paternoster (the Lord's Prayer) The priest recited it in a low, mumbling voice till he came to the words, “and lead us not into temptation,” which he spoke aloud, and the choir responded, “but deliver us from evil ” In our reformed Prayer Book, the priest is directed to say the whole prayer “with a loud voice ” Probably the “pattering of rain”- i e the rain coming with its pit-pat, is after all the better derivation Gipsy talk is so called from the French patois (See Patavinity )
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The things you say while you're doing a magic trick Sometimes it is a story, or makes the audience believe something that helps fool them A form of misdirection
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A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet
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{f} chatter, make small talk; walk, putter
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{i} chatter, small talk; sound of footsteps; gossip; slang, jargon
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To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips
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The storie line, jokes or other talk used by a magician
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To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch
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make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering rain"
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If something patters on a surface, it hits it quickly several times, making quiet, tapping sounds. Rain pattered gently outside, dripping on to the roof from the pines
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The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter
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a quick succession of light rapid sounds; "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet"
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Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer, or banter during a sports event
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make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering rain
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a quick succession of light rapid sounds; "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet" make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering rain
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Someone's patter is a series of things that they say quickly and easily, usually in order to entertain people or to persuade them to buy or do something. Fran began her automatic patter about how Jon had been unavoidably detained. if something, especially water, patters, it makes quiet sounds as it keeps hitting a surface lightly and quickly patter on (PAT)
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rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
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A patter is a series of quick, quiet, tapping sounds. the patter of the driving rain on the roof
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The language or oratory of a street peddler, conjurer, or the like, hence, glib talk; a voluble harangue; mere talk; chatter; also, specif
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To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet
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To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue
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To mutter; as prayers
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To spatter; to sprinkle
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