† pittern.¹

Forms: 1500s pytter.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown.

English regional (Yorkshire). Obsolete. rare.

(A name for) a stream or rivulet.

ΚΠ

1546 in W. Page Certificates Chantries County of York (1895) II. 305 One little sprynge called Wragby Pytter.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

pittern.²

Brit.

/ˈpɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈpɪdər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pit n.², -er suffix¹; pit v.², -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < pit n.² + -er suffix¹. In later use also partly < pit v.² + -er suffix¹.

Originally and chiefly North American.

A device which or person who removes the pits or stones from fruit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparing fruit and vegetables > [noun] > stoning fruit > one who stones fruit

pitter1877

1877 Defiance (Ohio) Democrat 12 July Charley is a hardware merchant and ought to keep his machines for sale, but he doesn't. He is generous, however, and loans his cherry pitter.

1890 Cent. Dict. Pitter,..1. One who removes pits or stones from fruit.—2. An implement for removing the stones from such fruit as plums and peaches; a fruit-stoner.

1891 Overland Monthly Oct. 367/1 A fortune awaits the man that invents a satisfactory and rapid cling pitter.

1943 J. G. Woodroof in D. K. Tressler & C. F. Evers Freezing Preservation of Foods ix. 294 About half of the time consumed in the passage of the peaches from the lye peeler to the container is while they are in the pitter's pan.

1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 320 You can find every possible domestic..item here, from cherry pitters to egg slicers.

2003 Manch. Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 9 July 19 We picked what we could, barely ripe, pushed out the stones with an olive pitter, and lay them out in the sun to dry.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pitterv.¹

Brit.

/ˈpɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈpɪdər/

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: pitter-patter v.¹, patter v.¹

Etymology: Either shortened < pitter-patter v.¹, or variant of patter v.¹

intransitive. To complain; to whine. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)]

murkeOE

misspeakOE

yomer971

chidea1000

murkenOE

grutch?c1225

mean?a1300

hum13..

plainta1325

gruntc1325

plainc1325

musea1382

murmurc1390

complain1393

contrary1393

flitec1400

pinea1425

grummec1430

aggrudge1440

hoinec1440

mutterc1450

grudge1461

channerc1480

grunch1487

repine1529

storm?1553

expostulate1561

grumblea1586

gruntle1591

chunter1599

swagger1599

maunder1622

orp1634

objurgate1642

pitter1672

yelp1706

yammer1794

natter1804

murgeon1808

groan1816

squawk1875

jower1879

grouse1887

beef1888

to whip the cat1892

holler1904

yip1907

peeve1912

grouch1916

nark1916

to sound off1918

create1919

moana1922

crib1925

tick1925

bitch1930

gripe1932

bind1942

drip1942

kvetchc1950

to rag on1979

wrinch2011

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)] > whine

whingea1150

whinec1275

gowlc1300

hoinec1440

fipple?1507

yearn1582

pitter1672

whindle1709

1672 R. L'Estrange tr. G. Bona Manductio ad Cœlum xxx. 214 It is the wambling of a Nauseous mind (the Ladies disease) to stand pittering, because (forsooth) I could not be admitted.

1791 T. Mendham Wonder Working Water-mill Displayed 26 He could but observe his Hannah, who, tho' usually chearful, would sometimes be pittering and pittering about the goings on at the farm.

1799 Witch, & Maid of Honour I. 170 Just like my young lord here, pittering and pining, and just ready to die away at the smell of cowslips and violets.

1861 All Year Round 24 Aug. 518/1 If I go pittering and pining to my comrades, they will all of them want to come with me.

1948 I. Brown No Idle Words 124 The pittering child suggests a fractious kind of fatigue.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pitterv.²

Brit.

/ˈpɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈpɪdər/

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: pitter-patter v.², patter v.²

Etymology: Either shortened < pitter-patter v.², or variant of patter v.²

intransitive. To make a rapid succession of light taps, or similar slight sounds; to run with quick, light-sounding steps. Cf. patter v.²

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (intransitive)] > mechanically

chimec1405

pattera1425

parrot1596

parrotize1647

pitter1805

poll-parrot1865

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > patter or spatter

pit-a-pat1606

patter1611

spatter1673

pitter1805

pitter-patter1808

happer1825

1805 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 280 They have gone on for many thousand years pittering to each other in a jargon which resembles the chuckling of poultry more than the language of men.

1959 J. Kerouac Doctor Sax 217 ‘No, son,’ said Sax, as the first drops pittered and I look all around at the suddenly dark night with its rainshrouds.

1989 ‘C. Roman’ Foreplay ix. 102 After getting into somebody's stash of pot, he pitters into my room.

1993 Independent (Nexis) 30 May 20 Rats pittered round a barn.

2002 Press Jrnl. (Vero Beach, Florida) (Nexis) 29 Sept. c1 My heart pittered with brief hope at the word connections.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1546

n.²1877

v.¹1672

v.²1805

单词	pitter
释义	† pittern.¹ Forms: 1500s pytter. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. English regional (Yorkshire). Obsolete. rare. (A name for) a stream or rivulet. ΚΠ 1546 in W. Page Certificates Chantries County of York (1895) II. 305 One little sprynge called Wragby Pytter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). pittern.² Brit. /ˈpɪtə/, U.S. /ˈpɪdər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pit n.², -er suffix¹; pit v.², -er suffix¹. Etymology: < pit n.² + -er suffix¹. In later use also partly < pit v.² + -er suffix¹. Originally and chiefly North American. A device which or person who removes the pits or stones from fruit. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparing fruit and vegetables > [noun] > stoning fruit > one who stones fruit pitter1877 1877 Defiance (Ohio) Democrat 12 July Charley is a hardware merchant and ought to keep his machines for sale, but he doesn't. He is generous, however, and loans his cherry pitter. 1890 Cent. Dict. Pitter,..1. One who removes pits or stones from fruit.—2. An implement for removing the stones from such fruit as plums and peaches; a fruit-stoner. 1891 Overland Monthly Oct. 367/1 A fortune awaits the man that invents a satisfactory and rapid cling pitter. 1943 J. G. Woodroof in D. K. Tressler & C. F. Evers Freezing Preservation of Foods ix. 294 About half of the time consumed in the passage of the peaches from the lye peeler to the container is while they are in the pitter's pan. 1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 320 You can find every possible domestic..item here, from cherry pitters to egg slicers. 2003 Manch. Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 9 July 19 We picked what we could, barely ripe, pushed out the stones with an olive pitter, and lay them out in the sun to dry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pitterv.¹ Brit. /ˈpɪtə/, U.S. /ˈpɪdər/ Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: pitter-patter v.¹, patter v.¹ Etymology: Either shortened < pitter-patter v.¹, or variant of patter v.¹ intransitive. To complain; to whine. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)] murkeOE misspeakOE yomer971 chidea1000 murkenOE grutch?c1225 mean?a1300 hum13.. plainta1325 gruntc1325 plainc1325 musea1382 murmurc1390 complain1393 contrary1393 flitec1400 pinea1425 grummec1430 aggrudge1440 hoinec1440 mutterc1450 grudge1461 channerc1480 grunch1487 repine1529 storm?1553 expostulate1561 grumblea1586 gruntle1591 chunter1599 swagger1599 maunder1622 orp1634 objurgate1642 pitter1672 yelp1706 yammer1794 natter1804 murgeon1808 groan1816 squawk1875 jower1879 grouse1887 beef1888 to whip the cat1892 holler1904 yip1907 peeve1912 grouch1916 nark1916 to sound off1918 create1919 moana1922 crib1925 tick1925 bitch1930 gripe1932 bind1942 drip1942 kvetchc1950 to rag on1979 wrinch2011 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)] > whine whingea1150 whinec1275 gowlc1300 hoinec1440 fipple?1507 yearn1582 pitter1672 whindle1709 1672 R. L'Estrange tr. G. Bona Manductio ad Cœlum xxx. 214 It is the wambling of a Nauseous mind (the Ladies disease) to stand pittering, because (forsooth) I could not be admitted. 1791 T. Mendham Wonder Working Water-mill Displayed 26 He could but observe his Hannah, who, tho' usually chearful, would sometimes be pittering and pittering about the goings on at the farm. 1799 Witch, & Maid of Honour I. 170 Just like my young lord here, pittering and pining, and just ready to die away at the smell of cowslips and violets. 1861 All Year Round 24 Aug. 518/1 If I go pittering and pining to my comrades, they will all of them want to come with me. 1948 I. Brown No Idle Words 124 The pittering child suggests a fractious kind of fatigue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pitterv.² Brit. /ˈpɪtə/, U.S. /ˈpɪdər/ Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: pitter-patter v.², patter v.² Etymology: Either shortened < pitter-patter v.², or variant of patter v.² intransitive. To make a rapid succession of light taps, or similar slight sounds; to run with quick, light-sounding steps. Cf. patter v.² ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (intransitive)] > mechanically chimec1405 pattera1425 parrot1596 parrotize1647 pitter1805 poll-parrot1865 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > patter or spatter pit-a-pat1606 patter1611 spatter1673 pitter1805 pitter-patter1808 happer1825 1805 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 280 They have gone on for many thousand years pittering to each other in a jargon which resembles the chuckling of poultry more than the language of men. 1959 J. Kerouac Doctor Sax 217 ‘No, son,’ said Sax, as the first drops pittered and I look all around at the suddenly dark night with its rainshrouds. 1989 ‘C. Roman’ Foreplay ix. 102 After getting into somebody's stash of pot, he pitters into my room. 1993 Independent (Nexis) 30 May 20 Rats pittered round a barn. 2002 Press Jrnl. (Vero Beach, Florida) (Nexis) 29 Sept. c1 My heart pittered with brief hope at the word connections. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1546n.²1877v.¹1672v.²1805
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