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pitty-pat

pitty-pat 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 pitty-pat

Verb
third-person singular presentpitty-pats
present participlepitty-patting
past participlepitty-patted
pastpitty-patted
Noun
pluralpitty-pats

Questions about pitty-pat

What is pitty-pat the alternative form of?
Pitty-pat is the alternative form of pit-a-pat.

Words near pitty-pat in the dictionary

  1. Pittsylvania County
  2. Pittuck
  3. Pittucks
  4. Pittwater
  5. pitty
  6. pitty-pat
  7. pitty-pats
  8. pitty-patted
  9. pitty-patting
  10. pittyful
  11. Pitucha

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pitty-pat (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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