Definitions
make light, rapid and repeated sounds
Word origin
Noun is from Middle English pater, verb is from Middle English pateren.
Used in a sentence
“I could hear the patter of mice running about in the dark.”
“The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed.”
“The bullets pattered into the log-cabin walls.”
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01“Rapid light tapping”6 letters
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