pitapat
[ pit-uh-pat ]
adverb
with a quick succession of beats or taps: Her heart beat pitapat with excitement.
noun
the movement or the sound of something going pitapat: the pitapat of hail on a roof.
verb (used without object),pit·a·pat·ted, pit·a·pat·ting.
to go pitapat.
Origin of pitapat
1First recorded in 1515–25; imitative gradational compound
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British Dictionary definitions for pitapat
pitapat
/ (ˌpɪtəˈpæt) /
adverb
with quick light taps or beats
verb-pats, -patting or -patted
(intr) to make quick light taps or beats
noun
such taps or beats
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