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pitter-patters

pitter-patters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pitter-patter.

Meaning of pitter-patter

Verb

pitter-patter (third-person singular simple present pitter-patters, present participle pitter-pattering, simple past and past participle pitter-pattered)

  1. (intransitive) To patter; to scurry.
    • The rain was coming down heavier now, the drops pitter-pattering on the roof of the truck.1996, Stephen Leather, The Double Tap, BCA, page 97

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Questions about pitter-patters

What is pitter-patters the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pitter-patters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pitter-patter.

Words near pitter-patters in the dictionary

  1. Pittenweem
  2. pitter
  3. pitter-patter
  4. pitter-pattered
  5. pitter-pattering
  6. pitter-patters
  7. pittered
  8. pittering
  9. pitterpatter
  10. pitterpatters
  11. pitters

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