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Patter

Patter Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Patter? [n] plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson) [n] a quick succession of light rapid sounds; "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet" [v] make light, rapid and repeated sounds, as of rain [v] rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Patter: line of gab \| pitter-patter \| pitter-patter \| spatter \| spiel \| spit \| sprinkle Related Terms \| Find terms related to Patter: act \| act as foil \| acting \| appear \| argot \| babble \| babbling \| ballyhoo \| bang \| barnstorm \| barrage \| baste \| batter \| beat \| beat a ruffle \| beat a tattoo \| beating \| blab \| blabber \| blather \| blether \| blood rain \| buffet \| buffoonery \| bump \| business \| cackle \| cant \| chaffer \| characterization \| chat \| chatter \| chink \| clack \| clatter \| click \| clink \| clop \| clump \| clunk \| colloquialize \| come out \| converse \| crump \| declaim \| dither \| drizzle \| drub \| drum \| drum music \| drumbeat \| drumfire \| drumming \| dull thud \| emote \| emotionalize \| evening mist \| fall \| flail \| flap \| flick \| flump \| flurry \| flutter \| gab \| gabble \| gabbling \| gag \| gas \| get top billing \| gibber \| gibberish \| gibble-gabble \| go on \| go pitapat \| gobbledygook \| gossip \| gout of rain \| gush \| ham \| hammer \| hammy acting \| haver \| hoke \| hokum \| hot air \| impersonation \| jabber \| jabbering \| jargon \| jargonize \| jaw \| knock \| lambaste \| larrup \| line \| lingo \| maul \| mime \| mimesis \| mimicking \| mimicry \| miming \| mist \| misty rain \| mizzle \| moisture \| mouth \| mumbo jumbo \| mummery \| natter \| overacting \| pad \| palaver \| palpitate \| palpitation \| pantomime \| pantomiming \| paradiddle \| paste \| pat \| patois \| pelt \| perform \| performance \| performing \| personation \| phraseology \| pitapat \| pitch \| pitter-patter \| play \| play the lead \| playact \| playacting \| playing \| plump \| plunk \| pommel \| pop \| portrayal \| pound \| pounding \| pour \| pour forth \| pour with rain \| prate \| prattle \| precipitate \| precipitation \| projection \| pulsate \| pulsation \| pulverize \| pummel \| rain \| rain tadpoles \| raindrop \| rainfall \| rainwater \| ramble on \| rap \| rataplan \| rat-a-tat \| rat-tat \| rat-tat-tat \| rattattoo \| rattle \| rattle on \| reel off \| register \| representation \| roll \| rub-a-dub \| ruff \| ruffle \| run on \| sales pitch \| sales talk \| scatology \| Scotch mist \| scurry \| scuttle \| sheet of rain \| shower \| shower down \| sketch \| skip \| slang \| slapstick \| sledgehammer \| small talk \| sound a tattoo \| spank \| spatter \| spattering \| speak \| spiel \| spit \| splatter \| splutter \| spout \| spout off \| sprinkle \| sputter \| staccato \| stage business \| stage directions \| stage presence \| star \| steal the show \| stooge \| stream \| stunt \| taboo language \| taking a role \| talk \| talk away \| talk nonsense \| talk on \| tap \| tat-tat \| tattoo \| thrash \| thresh \| throb \| throbbing \| thrum \| thud \| thump \| thumping \| tick \| tinkle \| tiptoe \| tittle-tattle \| tom-tom \| tread the boards \| trip \| troupe \| tunk \| twaddle \| twattle \| unfrozen hydrometeor \| upstage \| use language \| vernacular \| vocabulary \| vulgar language \| waffle \| wag the tongue \| wallop \| weep \| wet \| whip \| yak \| yakkety-yak See Also \| go \| line \| rain \| rain down \| sound \| sound Patter In Webster's Dictionary \Pat"ter\, n. The language or oratory of a street peddler, conjurer, or the like, hence, glib talk; a voluble harangue; mere talk; chatter; also, specif., rapid speech, esp. as sometimes introduced in songs. [Cant or Colloq.] \Pat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pattering}.] [Freq. of pat to strike gently.] 1. To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet. The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard. --Thomson. 2. To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips. --Tyndale. [In this sense, and in the following, perh. from paternoster.] 3. To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue. [Colloq.] I've gone out and pattered to get money. --Mayhew. \Pat"ter\, v. t. 1. To spatter; to sprinkle. [R.] ``And patter the water about the boat.'' --J. R. Drake. 2. [See {Patter}, v. i., 2.] To mutter; as prayers. [The hooded clouds] patter their doleful prayers. --Longfellow. {To patter flash}, to talk in thieves' cant. [Slang] \Pat"ter\, n. 1. A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet. 2. Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue. 3. The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter.

Patter Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Patter?

[n] plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
[n] a quick succession of light rapid sounds; "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet"
[v] make light, rapid and repeated sounds, as of rain
[v] rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"

Patter In Webster's Dictionary

\Pat"ter\, n.
The language or oratory of a street peddler, conjurer, or the
like, hence, glib talk; a voluble harangue; mere talk;
chatter; also, specif., rapid speech, esp. as sometimes
introduced in songs. [Cant or Colloq.]


\Pat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pattered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Pattering}.] [Freq. of pat to strike gently.]
1. To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds;
   as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.

         The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard.
                                               --Thomson.

2. To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips.
   --Tyndale. [In this sense, and in the following, perh.
   from paternoster.]

3. To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue. [Colloq.]

         I've gone out and pattered to get money. --Mayhew.


\Pat"ter\, v. t.
1. To spatter; to sprinkle. [R.] ``And patter the water about
   the boat.'' --J. R. Drake.

2. [See {Patter}, v. i., 2.] To mutter; as prayers.

         [The hooded clouds] patter their doleful prayers.
                                               --Longfellow.

{To patter flash}, to talk in thieves' cant. [Slang]


\Pat"ter\, n.
1. A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of
   rain; the patter of little feet.

2. Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.

3. The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter;
   gypsies' patter.

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