pitter-patter

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I - noun

a series of rapid tapping sounds
- she missed the pitter-patter of little feet around the house
• Hypernyms:
pat, rap, tap

II - verb

1. rain gently
- It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick
• Syn:
sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter
• Derivationally related forms:
sprinkle (for: sprinkle), sprinkling (for: sprinkle)
• Hypernyms:
rain, rain down
• Verb Frames:
- It is ----ing
2. make light, rapid and repeated sounds
- gently pattering rain
• Syn:
patter
• Derivationally related forms:
patter (for: patter)
• Hypernyms:
sound, go
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s PP

III - adverb

1. as of footsteps
- he came running pit-a-pat down the hall
• Syn:
pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitty-pat
2. describing a rhythmic beating
- his heart went pit-a-pat
• Syn:
pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitty-pat