pitter-patter
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a series of rapid tapping sounds
she missed the pitter-patter of little feet around the house
Types & categories
- tap hypernym
Related & opposite
- patter 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 adverb
as of footsteps
he came running pit-a-pat down the hall
Sense 4 verb
make light, rapid and repeated sounds
gently pattering rain
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
- patter derivation
- pitter-patter derivation
Sense 5 adverb
describing a rhythmic beating
his heart went pit-a-pat
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | patter |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | tap |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprinkle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rain |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | patter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pitter-patter |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |