pit-a-pat
Part of speech: intj
verb
noun
adv
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Imitative.
Inflected forms:
form: pit a pat
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: pitapat
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: pit-pat
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: pitpat
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: pitter-pat
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: pitterpat
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: pit-a-pats
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pit-a-patting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: pit-a-patted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: pit-a-patted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: pit a pat
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: pitapat
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: pit-pat
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: pitpat
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: pitter-pat
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: pitterpat
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: pit-a-pats
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pit a pat
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pitapat
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pit-pat
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pitpat
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pitter-pat
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pitterpat
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pit a pat
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: pitapat
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: pit-pat
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: pitpat
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: pitter-pat
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: pitterpat
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: pit a pat
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: pitapat
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: pit-pat
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: pitpat
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: pitter-pat
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: pitterpat
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Representing a series of quick tapping sounds.
pos: intj
examples: Pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, the bullets kept falling and stirring up little puffs of dust on the open ground in front of the zeriba.
“Pit-a-pat! Pit-a-pat!”—On go the thousands of feet; on to the movie and on to the dance; on to the office, the club and the bank.
Pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, / He danced on the whiskery nose.
gloss: To make a series of quick tapping sounds; to palpitate
pos: verb
gloss: A series of quick tapping sounds
pos: noun
gloss: With a quick tapping sound
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: “Only a scraping of shoes on the mat? / “Anything like the sound of a rat / “Makes my heart go pit-a-pat!”
gloss: Characterized by quick tapping sounds; palpitating.
pos: adj
examples: The chesnut ringlets were speedily twitched from the confining paper, her Sunday hat, gown, and neckerchief bustled on in a moment, and wondering what he would say, and how she should feel and behave on the trying occasion, she descended with a pit-a-pat heart, and a cheek covered with burning blushes.
The pit-a-pat heart of a susceptible girl of sixteen, tells her that a gentleman is a tall fellow with a fine military cap on his head; […]
Dear Hannah—you learn from your aunt to conceal / The things that your parents do bid you reveal— / ’Tis true, I am Henry, and Anderton, too, / But that’s not an answer expected from you— / You, yesterday, called me a very dear name, / Which set my poor pit-a-pat heart in a flame: / Speak! am I your “uncle?” The truth I would know; / I wonder who taught you to speak to me so!
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