patter

Definitions

1. 1.To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips. Tyndale. Etym: [In this sense, and in the following, perh. from paternoster.]
2. 2.To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue. [Colloq.] I've gone out and pattered to get money. Mayhew.
3. 3.To spatter; to sprinkle. [R.] "And patter the water about the boat." J. R. Drake.
4. 4.Etym: [See Patter, v. i., 2.] To mutter; as prayers. [The hooded clouds] patter their doleful prayers. Longfellow. To patter flash, to talk in thieves' cant. [Slang]
5. 5.A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet.
6. 6.Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.
7. 7.The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips. Tyndale. Etym: [In this sense, and in the following, perh. from paternoster.] called?
• What is to talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue. [Colloq.] I've gone out and pattered to get money. Mayhew called?
• What is to spatter; to sprinkle. [R.] "And patter the water about the boat." J. R. Drake called?
• What is etym: [See Patter, v. i., 2.] To mutter; as prayers. [The hooded clouds] patter their doleful prayers. Longfellow. To patter flash, to talk in thieves' cant. [Slang] called?
• What is a quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet called?
• What is glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue called?
• What is the cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter called?