Patter

to make a rapid succession of light taps: Raindrops patter on the windowpane.

to move or walk lightly or quickly: The child pattered across the room.

to cause to patter.

to spatter with something.

a rapid succession of light tapping sounds: the steady patter of rain on the tin roof.

the act of pattering.

meaningless, rapid talk; mere chatter; gabble.

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.

amusing lines delivered rapidly by an entertainer or performer, as in a comic routine or in a song.

the jargon or cant of any class, group, etc.

to talk glibly or rapidly, especially with little regard to meaning; chatter.

to repeat a paternoster or other prayer in a rapid, mechanical way.

to recite or repeat (prayers, verses, etc.) in a rapid, mechanical way.

to repeat or say rapidly or glibly.