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Date: 1600-1700
Origin: PAT2

patter

1 verb
     
Related topics: Colours and Sounds
pat‧ter1 [intransitive]
C if something, especially water, patters, it makes quiet sounds as it keeps hitting a surface lightly and quickly
patter on
rain pattering on the window panes
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