Definition of patter Patter

/pæˈtɚ/ - [pater] - pat•ter

We found 20 definitions of patter from 5 different sources.

What does patter mean?

Noun Plural: patters
patter - a quick succession of light rapid sounds; "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet"
		sound the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music"
patter - plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
		spiel, line of gab
		communication channel, channel, line a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street"
Verb patters, pattering, pattered
patter - make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering rain"
		pitter-patter
		sound, go appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting"
patter - rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
		sprinkle, spit, spatter, pitter-patter
		rain, rain down precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"

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patter (Noun)
The soft sound of feet walking on a hard surface.
patter (Noun)
Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer, or banter during a sports event.
patter (Noun)
One who pats.
patter (Verb)
To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.
patter (Verb)
To speak in such a way – glibly and rapidly, such as from an auctioneer, or when bantering during a sports event.

patter (v. i.)
To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.
patter (v. i.)
To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips.
patter (v. i.)
To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue.
patter (v. t.)
To spatter; to sprinkle.
patter (v. i.)
To mutter; as prayers.
patter (n.)
A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet.
patter (n.)
Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.
patter (n.)
The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter.

patter
pat′ėr, v.i. to pat or strike often, as hailstones: to make the sound of short quick steps:—pr.p. patt′ering; pa.t. and pa.p. patt′ered. [A freq. of pat.]
patter
pat′ėr, v.i. to repeat the Lord's Prayer: to pray: to repeat over and over again indistinctly, to mumble.—v.t. to repeat hurriedly, to mutter.—n. glib talk, chatter: the cant of a class.—ns. Patt′erer, one who sells articles on the street by speechifying; Patt′er-song, a comic song in which a great many words are sung or spoken very rapidly.—Patter flash, to talk the jargon of thieves. [Pater-noster.]

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patter in sign language