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pitapat

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

Meaning of pit-a-pat

Verb

pit-a-pat (third-person singular simple present pit-a-pats, present participle pit-a-patting, simple past and past participle pit-a-patted)

  1. To make a series of quick tapping sounds; to palpitate

See all 5 meanings of pit-a-pat

Forms of pitapat

Verb
third-person singular presentpitapats
present participlepitapatting
past participlepitapatted
pastpitapatted
Noun
pluralpitapats

Phrases with pitapat

Questions about pitapat

What is pitapat the alternative form of?
Pitapat is the alternative form of pit-a-pat.

Words near pitapat in the dictionary

  1. pitangas
  2. pitangua
  3. pitanguas
  4. pitangueira
  5. pitangueiras
  6. pitapat
  7. pitapatation
  8. pitapats
  9. pitapatted
  10. pitapatting
  11. Pitapita

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pitapat (page history and authors); pit-a-pat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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