patter

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A soft repeated sound, as of rain falling, or feet walking on a hard surface.

   “I could hear the patter of mice running about in the dark.”

2. fiil To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.

   “The bullets pattered into the log-cabin walls.”

3. fiil To spatter; to sprinkle.

   “1819 (published in 1835) Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay Patter the water about the boat.”

4. isim Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer, a sports commentator, or a salesperson with a slick style of selling.

   “sales patter”

5. fiil To speak glibly and rapidly, as does an auctioneer or a sports commentator.

   “He showed a little of the pride of art in describing the management of his business, but he would not hear that he “pattered:” he talked to his customers, he declared, as any draper, who knew his business well, might talk to his.”

6. fiil To repeat the Lord's Prayer.
7. fiil To pray.
8. fiil To repeat hurriedly; to mutter.
9. isim One who pats.

   “I used to hate head patters, and I have realized that all children dislike being patted on the head.”