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Definitions for Patter

[1] to make a rapid succession of light taps: Raindrops patter on the windowpane.
[2] to move or walk lightly or quickly: The child pattered across the room.
[3] to cause to patter.
[4] to spatter with something.
[5] a rapid succession of light tapping sounds: the steady patter of rain on the tin roof.
[6] the act of pattering.
[7] meaningless, rapid talk; mere chatter; gabble.
[8] the usually glib and rapid speech or talk used by a magician while performing, a barker at a circus or sideshow, a comedian or other entertainer, a vendor of questionable wares, or the like; stylized or rehearsed talk used to attract attention, entertain, etc.
[9] amusing lines delivered rapidly by an entertainer or performer, as in a comic routine or in a song.
[10] the jargon or cant of any class, group, etc.
[11] to talk glibly or rapidly, especially with little regard to meaning; chatter.
[12] to repeat a paternoster or other prayer in a rapid, mechanical way.
[13] to recite or repeat (prayers, verses, etc.) in a rapid, mechanical way.
[14] to repeat or say rapidly or glibly.
[15] a person or thing that pats.
[16] (intr) to walk or move with quick soft steps
[17] to strike with or make a quick succession of light tapping sounds
[18] (tr) rare to cause to patter
[19] a quick succession of light tapping sounds, as of feet the patter of mice
[20] the glib rapid speech of comedians, salesmen, etc
[21] quick idle talk; chatter
[22] the jargon of a particular group; lingo
[23] (intr) to speak glibly and rapidly
[24] to repeat (prayers) in a mechanical or perfunctory manner

Words related to Patter

chatter, spiel, monologue, tap, rattle, pelt, scurry, tiptoe, pad, scuttle, skip, pat, trip, pitter-patter, rat-a-tat, patois, dialect, argot, slant, cant

Words nearby Patter

patronymic, patroon, patrón, patsy, patten, patter, patter song, pattern, pattern bargaining, pattern bombing, pattern practice

Origin of Patter

3pat1 + -er1

Other words from Patter

pat·ter·er , pat·er·ist , noun

Word origin for Patter

C14: from Latin pater in Pater Noster Our Father

Synonyms for Patter

chatter, pad, pat, pelt, pitter-patter, rat-a-tat, rattle, scurry, scuttle, skip, tap, tiptoe, trip, pitapat