A free service provided by Writers Nexus International

Writing Resources:
  • New Novelist Software
  • Writer Circles
  • Author Me
  • FirstWriter.com
  • Novel Advice
  • Robin's Nest for Writers
  • The Scriptorium
  • Women on Writing


A Writer's Dictionary:

pit-a-patted Definition


Dictionary Home » Words Starting with P » piracy ... pitfall » pit-a-patted


pit-a-pat
noun
    1. A noise of pattering.
    2. A succession of light taps.
adverb
    1. With a pattering or tapping noise.
      Example: rain falling pit-a-pat
verb
    pit-a-patted, pit-a-patting
    1. To make a succession of quick light taps.
Etymology: 16c: imitating the sound.



Click Here