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Definition of "pitter-patter" [pit•ter-pat•ter]

  • A rapid series of light tapping sounds. (noun)
  • To make or move with a series of light tapping sounds: rain pitter-pattering on the roof. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pitter-patter" in a sentence
  • "The shortcut may be setting yourself up for a trance by entrainment with a metronome-like pitter-patter of a tom-tom drum."
  • "Although it seems that the intention of the video is to make your heart go pitter-patter, I found more value in the discussion it opens up."
  • "Why couldn't they pitter-patter around the house, now that I had come home?"