Usually means: Sound of light, quick steps.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word pitter-patter:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. pitter-patter: Merriam-Webster
  2. pitter-patter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pitter-patter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. pitter-patter, pitter-patter: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pitter-patter: Vocabulary.com
  6. pitter-patter: Wordnik
  7. pitter-patter: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. pitter-patter: Wiktionary
  9. pitter-patter: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. pitter-patter: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. pitter-patter: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Pitter-patter, pitter-patter: Dictionary.com
  13. pitter-patter: Rhymezone
  14. pitter-patter: FreeDictionary.org
  15. pitter-patter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. pitter-patter: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. pitter-patter: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. pitter-patter: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  A soft, percussive sound, as of tiny feet, or of rain on a rooftop; patter.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To patter; to scurry.

Similar:
patter, pit-a-pat, spatter, spit, sprinkle, pitty-pat, pitty-patty, pitterpatter, rattle, eavesdrop, more...

Opposite:
clomp, stomp, stamp



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Similar:
patter, pit-a-pat, spatter, spit, sprinkle, pitty-pat, pitty-patty, pitterpatter, rattle, eavesdrop, more...

Opposite:
clomp, stomp, stamp



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