What does "pitapat" mean?
Pitapat: In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats. Lowell. "The fox's heart went pitapat." L'Estrange.
Additional senses
- 2.A light, repeated sound; a pattering, as of the rain. "The pitapat of a pretty foot." Dryden.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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