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Webster 1913 Edition
Patter
Pat′ter
,Verb.
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.The stealing shower is scarce to
patter
heard. Thomson.
2.
To mutter; to mumble;
as, to
. patter
with the lipsTyndale.
[In this sense, and in the following, perh. from
pater
noster.] 3.
To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue.
[Colloq.]
I’ve gone out and
pattered
to get money. Mayhew.
Pat′ter
,Verb.
T.
1.
To spatter; to sprinkle.
[R.]
“And patter the water about the boat.” J. R. Drake.
2.
[See , 2.]
Patter
, Verb.
I.
To mutter; as prayers.
[The hooded clouds]
patter
their doleful prayers. Longfellow.
To patter flash
, to talk in thieves' cant.
[Slang]
Pat′ter
,Noun.
1.
A quick succession of slight sounds;
as, the
patter
of rain; the patter
of little feet.2.
Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.
3.
The cant of a class; patois;
as, thieves's
patter
; gypsies' patter
.Webster 1828 Edition
Patter
PAT'TER
,Verb.
I.
The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard.