pitterpatter
pitterpatter is the alternative form of pitter-patter.
Meaning of pitter-patter
Noun
pitter-patter (uncountable)
- A soft, percussive sound, as of tiny feet, or of rain on a rooftop; patter.
- Once or twice I heard a faint pitter-patter like the feet of the dog going hither and thither on the sand far below me, and there were more bird-like sounds, but that was all.1895–1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Stillness”, in The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, published 1898, →OCLC, book II (The Earth under the Martians), page 237
Forms of pitterpatter
| plural | pitterpatters |
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Questions about pitterpatter
- What is pitterpatter the alternative form of?
- Pitterpatter is the alternative form of pitter-patter.
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