patter 音标拼音: [p'ætɚ]
n . 急速拍打声,轻快脚步声,行话,快板,饶舌
vi . 急速地说,滴答地响
急速拍打声,轻快脚步声,行话,快板,饶舌急速地说,滴答地响
patter n 1 :
plausible glib talk (
especially useful to a salesperson )
[
synonym : {
spiel }, {
patter }, {
line of gab }]
2 :
a quick succession of light rapid sounds ; "
the patter of mice "; "
the patter of tiny feet "
v 1 :
rain gently ; "
It has only sprinkled ,
but the roads are slick " [
synonym : {
sprinkle }, {
spit }, {
spatter }, {
patter },
{
pitter -
patter }]
2 :
make light ,
rapid and repeated sounds ; "
gently pattering rain " [
synonym : {
patter }, {
pitter -
patter }]
Patter \
Pat "
ter \,
v .
t .
1 .
To spatter ;
to sprinkle . [
R .] "
And patter the water about the boat ." --
J .
R .
Drake .
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2 . [
See {
Patter },
v .
i .,
2 .]
To mutter ;
as prayers .
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[
The hooded clouds ]
patter their doleful prayers .
--
Longfellow .
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{
To patter flash },
to talk in thieves '
cant . [
Slang ]
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Patter \
Pat "
ter \,
n .
1 .
A quick succession of slight sounds ;
as ,
the patter of rain ;
the patter of little feet .
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2 .
Glib and rapid speech ;
a voluble harangue .
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3 .
The cant of a class ;
patois ;
as ,
thieves '
s patter ;
gypsies '
patter .
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4 .
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 . [
Cant or Colloq .]
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
Patter \
Pat "
ter \,
v .
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 .
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The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard .
--
Thomson .
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2 .
To mutter ;
to mumble ;
as ,
to patter with the lips .
--
Tyndale . [
In this sense ,
and in the following ,
perh .
from paternoster .]
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3 .
To talk glibly ;
to chatter ;
to harangue . [
Colloq .]
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I '
ve gone out and pattered to get money . --
Mayhew .
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256 Moby Thesaurus words for "
patter ":
Scotch mist ,
act ,
act as foil ,
acting ,
appear ,
argot ,
babble ,
babbling ,
ballyhoo ,
bang ,
barnstorm ,
barrage ,
baste ,
batter ,
beat ,
beat a ruffle ,
beat a tattoo ,
beating ,
blab ,
blabber ,
blather ,
blether ,
blood rain ,
buffet ,
buffoonery ,
bump ,
business ,
cackle ,
cant ,
chaffer ,
characterization ,
chat ,
chatter ,
chink ,
clack ,
clatter ,
click ,
clink ,
clop ,
clump ,
clunk ,
colloquialize ,
come out ,
converse ,
crump ,
declaim ,
dither ,
drizzle ,
drub ,
drum ,
drum music ,
drumbeat ,
drumfire ,
drumming ,
dull thud ,
emote ,
emotionalize ,
evening mist ,
fall ,
flail ,
flap ,
flick ,
flump ,
flurry ,
flutter ,
gab ,
gabble ,
gabbling ,
gag ,
gas ,
get top billing ,
gibber ,
gibberish ,
gibble -
gabble ,
go on ,
go pitapat ,
gobbledygook ,
gossip ,
gout of rain ,
gush ,
ham ,
hammer ,
hammy acting ,
haver ,
hoke ,
hokum ,
hot air ,
impersonation ,
jabber ,
jabbering ,
jargon ,
jargonize ,
jaw ,
knock ,
lambaste ,
larrup ,
line ,
lingo ,
maul ,
mime ,
mimesis ,
mimicking ,
mimicry ,
miming ,
mist ,
misty rain ,
mizzle ,
moisture ,
mouth ,
mumbo jumbo ,
mummery ,
natter ,
overacting ,
pad ,
palaver ,
palpitate ,
palpitation ,
pantomime ,
pantomiming ,
paradiddle ,
paste ,
pat ,
patois ,
pelt ,
perform ,
performance ,
performing ,
personation ,
phraseology ,
pitapat ,
pitch ,
pitter -
patter ,
play ,
play the lead ,
playact ,
playacting ,
playing ,
plump ,
plunk ,
pommel ,
pop ,
portrayal ,
pound ,
pounding ,
pour ,
pour forth ,
pour with rain ,
prate ,
prattle ,
precipitate ,
precipitation ,
projection ,
pulsate ,
pulsation ,
pulverize ,
pummel ,
rain ,
rain tadpoles ,
raindrop ,
rainfall ,
rainwater ,
ramble on ,
rap ,
rat -
a -
tat ,
rat -
tat ,
rat -
tat -
tat ,
rataplan ,
rattattoo ,
rattle ,
rattle on ,
reel off ,
register ,
representation ,
roll ,
rub -
a -
dub ,
ruff ,
ruffle ,
run on ,
sales pitch ,
sales talk ,
scatology ,
scurry ,
scuttle ,
sheet of rain ,
shower ,
shower down ,
sketch ,
skip ,
slang ,
slapstick ,
sledgehammer ,
small talk ,
sound a tattoo ,
spank ,
spatter ,
spattering ,
speak ,
spiel ,
spit ,
splatter ,
splutter ,
spout ,
spout off ,
sprinkle ,
sputter ,
staccato ,
stage business ,
stage directions ,
stage presence ,
star ,
steal the show ,
stooge ,
stream ,
stunt ,
taboo language ,
taking a role ,
talk ,
talk away ,
talk nonsense ,
talk on ,
tap ,
tat -
tat ,
tattoo ,
thrash ,
thresh ,
throb ,
throbbing ,
thrum ,
thud ,
thump ,
thumping ,
tick ,
tinkle ,
tiptoe ,
tittle -
tattle ,
tom -
tom ,
tread the boards ,
trip ,
troupe ,
tunk ,
twaddle ,
twattle ,
unfrozen hydrometeor ,
upstage ,
use language ,
vernacular ,
vocabulary ,
vulgar language ,
waffle ,
wag the tongue ,
wallop ,
weep ,
wet ,
whip ,
yak ,
yakkety -
yak
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