patter

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

patters

1.
A soft repeated sound, as of rain falling, or feet walking on a hard surface.
I could hear the patter of mice running about in the dark.
2.
(countable, uncountable)Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer, a sports commentator, or a salesperson with a slick style of selling.
sales patter
3.
One who pats.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

patters

V_ing/Gerund

pattering

V_ed/pp

pattered

1.
To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.
The bullets pattered into the log-cabin walls.
2.
To spatter; to sprinkle.
1819 (published in 1835) Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay Patter the water about the boat.
3.
To speak glibly and rapidly, as does an auctioneer or a sports commentator.
4.
(intransitive, obsolete)To repeat the Lord's Prayer.
5.
(intransitive, obsolete)To pray.
6.
(obsolete, transitive)To repeat hurriedly; to mutter.

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Nguồn gốc từ

1610s, pat + -er, of (onomatopoeia) origin.