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Patter   /pˈætər/   Listen
noun
Patter  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.
4.
The language or oratory of a street peddler, conjurer, or the like, hence, glib talk; a voluble harangue; mere talk; chatter; also, specif., rapid speech, esp. as sometimes introduced in songs. (Cant or Colloq.)


verb
Patter  v. t.  
1.
To spatter; to sprinkle. (R.) "And patter the water about the boat."
2.
To mutter; as prayers. "(The hooded clouds) patter their doleful prayers."
To patter flash, to talk in thieves' cant. (Slang)


Patter  v. i.  (past & past part. pattered; pres. part. pattering)  
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."
2.
To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips.
3.
To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue. (Colloq.) "I've gone out and pattered to get money."





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"Patter" Quotes from Famous Books



... for the moment a dead silence. The soft patter of cards no longer fell upon the table. The eyes of every one were turned upon the newcomers. And he, leaning upon his stick, looked only for one person, and having found her, took no heed ...
— The Yellow Crayon • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... droppin' in behind Vee and roarin' out the Sagawa patter like a steam siren. "Yuh-huh! Yuh-huh! Come, Captain. Fall ...
— Wilt Thou Torchy • Sewell Ford
... a sudden patter of tiny feet, a scamper, a rush, a succession of ecstatic little growls followed by a still more ecstatic yelp of rapture and glee. Melchisedek had emerged from his temporary retirement and come prancing upon the scene. He bore something in his mouth, something long and flexible and brown; and he ...
— Phebe, Her Profession - A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book • Anna Chapin Ray
... sunk and rose; As bends the barque's mast in the gale, When rent are rigging, shrouds, and sail, It waver'd 'mid the foes. No longer Blount the view could bear: 'By heaven and all its saints! I swear, I will not see it lost; Fitz-Eustace, you with Lady Clare May bid your beads, and patter prayer,— ...
— The Prose Marmion - A Tale of the Scottish Border • Sara D. Jenkins
... one serious mistake for which I blame myself. Instead of opening the door ourselves, we allowed the girl to do so. We heard her say, 'Mother, there are two men in the house waiting to see you,' and an instant afterwards we heard the patter of feet rushing down the passage. Forbes flung open the door, and we both ran into the back room or kitchen, but the woman had got there before us. She stared at us with defiant eyes, and then, suddenly recognizing me, an expression of absolute astonishment came ...
— Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


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