PATTER
\pˈatə], \pˈatə], \p_ˈa_t_ə]\
Definitions of PATTER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
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make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering rain"
By Princeton University
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plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
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make light, rapid and repeated sounds, as of rain
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.
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To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips.
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To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue.
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To spatter; to sprinkle.
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To mutter; as prayers.
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A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet.
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Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.
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The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.
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To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips.
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To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue.
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To spatter; to sprinkle.
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To mutter; as prayers.
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A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet.
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Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.
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The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter.
By Noah Webster.
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To strike with a quick succession of light sounds; to move with light, quick steps; to mumble over and over.
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To mumble indistinctly; as, to patter one's prayers.
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A quick succession of slight sounds.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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