patter
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
Types & categories
- communication channel hypernym
Related & opposite
- spiel derivation
Sense 2 verb
rain gently
It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick
Types & categories
- rain hypernym
Related & opposite
- sprinkle derivation
Sense 3 noun
a quick succession of light rapid sounds
the patter of mice
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
- patter derivation
Sense 4 verb
make light, rapid and repeated sounds
gently pattering rain
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
- patter derivation
- pitter-patter derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spiel |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | communication channel |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprinkle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rain |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | patter |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | patter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pitter-patter |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |