Found 3 items, similar to patter.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: patter
rintik
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: patter
patter
n 1: plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
[syn:
spiel,
line of gab]
2: a quick succession of light rapid sounds;
“the patter of
mice”;
“the patter of tiny feet”
patter
v 1: rain gently;
“It has only sprinkled, but the roads are
slick” [syn:
sprinkle,
spit,
spatter,
pitter-patter]
2: make light, rapid and repeated sounds;
“gently pattering
rain” [syn:
pitter-patter]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Patter
Patter
\Pat"ter\, v. t.
1. To spatter; to sprinkle. [R.]
“And patter the water about
the boat.” --J. R. Drake.
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2. [See
Patter, v. i., 2.] To mutter; as prayers.
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[The hooded clouds] patter their doleful prayers.
--Longfellow.
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To patter flash, to talk in thieves' cant. [Slang]
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Patter
\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.
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The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard.
--Thomson.
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2. To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips.
--Tyndale. [In this sense, and in the following, perh.
from paternoster.]
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3. To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue. [Colloq.]
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I've gone out and pattered to get money. --Mayhew.
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Patter
\Pat"ter\, n.
1. A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of
rain; the patter of little feet.
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2. Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.
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3. The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter;
gypsies' patter.
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4. 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.]
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