1. to make a rapid succession of light taps: Raindrops patter on the windowpane.
2. to move or walk lightly or quickly: The child pattered across the room.

3. to cause to patter.
4. to spatter with something.

5. a rapid succession of light tapping sounds: the steady patter of rain on the tin roof.
6. the act of pattering.

1. meaningless, rapid talk; mere chatter; gabble.
2. the usually glib and rapid speech or talk used by a magician while performing, a barker at a circus or sideshow, a comedian or other entertainer, a vendor of questionable wares, or the like; stylized or rehearsed talk used to attract attention, entertain, etc.
3. amusing lines delivered rapidly by an entertainer or performer, as in a comic routine or in a song.
4. the jargon or cant of any class, group, etc.

5. to talk glibly or rapidly, especially with little regard to meaning; chatter.
6. to repeat a paternoster or other prayer in a rapid, mechanical way.

7. to recite or repeat (prayers, verses, etc.) in a rapid, mechanical way.
8. to repeat or say rapidly or glibly.

1. a person or thing that pats.

1. to walk or move with quick soft steps
2. to strike with or make a quick succession of light tapping sounds
3. to cause to patter

4. a quick succession of light tapping sounds, as of feet

1. the glib rapid speech of comedians, salesmen, etc
2. quick idle talk; chatter
3. the jargon of a particular group; lingo

4. to speak glibly and rapidly
5. to repeat (prayers) in a mechanical or perfunctory manner

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