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apitpat

apitpat is the alternative form of pit-a-pat.

Meaning of pit-a-pat

Adverb

pit-a-pat (not comparable)

  1. With a quick tapping sound
    • “Only a scraping of shoes on the mat? / “Anything like the sound of a rat / “Makes my heart go pit-a-pat!”1842–1845, Robert Browning, “[Dramatic Romances and Lyrics.] The Pied Piper of Hamelin; a Child’s Story. […].”, in Poems […], new edition, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], published 1849...

See all 5 meanings of pit-a-pat

Origin of apitpat

From a- + pitpat.

Questions about apitpat

What is apitpat the alternative form of?
Apitpat is the alternative form of pit-a-pat.

Words near apitpat in the dictionary

  1. apitongs
  2. apitourism
  3. apitourist
  4. apitourists
  5. apitoxin
  6. apitpat
  7. apituitarism
  8. apivore
  9. apivores
  10. apivorous
  11. APIX

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