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Word entry · 6 letters

patter

Best crossword clue

"Rapid light tapping"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈpæt.ə/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aeprttStarts with PEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
1P2A3T4T5E6R

Definitions

  1. 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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