Usually means: Struck repeatedly to make noise.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. pattered: Merriam-Webster
  2. pattered: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pattered: Vocabulary.com
  4. pattered: Wordnik
  5. pattered: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. pattered: Wiktionary
  7. Pattered, pattered: Dictionary.com
  8. Pattered: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Pattered: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. pattered: FreeDictionary.org
  11. pattered: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pattered: Idioms

(Note: See patter as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (patter)

noun:  A soft repeated sound, as of rain falling, or feet walking on a hard surface.
verb:  To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.
verb:  To spatter; to sprinkle.
noun:  Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer or a sports commentator.
verb:  To speak glibly and rapidly, as does an auctioneer or a sports commentator.
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To repeat the Lord's Prayer.
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To pray.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To repeat hurriedly; to mutter.
noun:  One who pats.
▸ Also see patter


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