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pitapat |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pitapat \Pit"a*pat`\, adv [An onomatopoetic reduplication of pat a light, quick blow.] In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats. --Lowell. ``The fox's heart went pitapat.'' --L'Estrange. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pitapat \Pit"a*pat`\, n. A light, repeated sound; a pattering, as of the rain. ``The pitapat of a pretty foot.'' --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pit-a-pat adv 1: as of footsteps; "he came running pit-a-pat down the hall" [syn: {pitty-patty}, {pitty-pat}, {pitter-patter}] 2: describing a rhythmic beating; "his heart went pit-a-pat" [syn: {pitty-patty}, {pitty-pat}, {pitter-patter}]
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