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Webster 1913 Edition

Pitapat

Pit′a-patˊ

,
adv.
[An onomatopoetic reduplication of
pat
a light, quick blow.]
In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats.
Lowell.
“The fox’s heart went pitapat.”
L'Estrange.

Pit′a-patˊ

,
Noun.
A light, repeated sound; a pattering, as of the rain.
“The pitapat of a pretty foot.”
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pitapat

PIT'APAT

,
adv.
[probably allied to beat.] In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats; as, his heart went pitapat.

PIT'APAT

,
Noun.
A light quick step.
Now I hear the pitapat of a pretty foot, through the dark alley.

Definition 2024

pitapat

pitapat

See also: pit-a-pat

English

Verb

pitapat ‎(third-person singular simple present pitapats, present participle pitapatting, simple past and past participle pitapatted)

  1. Alternative spelling of pit-a-pat

Noun

pitapat ‎(plural pitapats)

  1. Alternative spelling of pit-a-pat

Adverb

pitapat ‎(not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of pit-a-pat

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