patter

patter is a   Verb

Definition:

[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 lips. Tyndale. Etym: [In this sense, and in the following, perh. from paternoster.]

[3] To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue. [Colloq.] I`ve gone out and pattered to get money. Mayhew.

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