pit-a-patv.

Brit.

/ˌpɪtəˈpat/,

/ˈpɪtəpat/, U.S.

/ˈˌpɪdəˈˌpæt/

Forms: see pit-a-pat adv., n., and adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pit-a-pat adv.

Etymology: < pit-a-pat adv. Compare to go pit-a-pat at pit-a-pat adv.

intransitive. To go pit-a-pat; to palpitate, patter; to make a pattering sound.

ΘΚΠ

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

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 72 Swains,..the strouting Clusters cut,..Run..to the fragrant Fat, Tumble them in, and after pit-a-pat, Vp to the Waste.

1728 A. Ramsay Fables x. 22 Till his heart pitty-pattys.

1757 D. Garrick Lilliput i. 14 There will not be a Female Heart, but will pit-a-pat, as he passes by.

1827 G. H. Taylor Excurs. Village Curate 123 I heard footsteps softly pit-patting up the stairs.

1862 J. Gardner Jottiana 30 My youthfu' heart within my breast Was pitty-pattyin' 'bout the beast.

1899 A. Conan Doyle Duet 72 It pit-patted upon the windows, splashed upon the sills, and gurgled in the water-pipes.

1949 R. K. Narayan Mr. Sampath ix. 186 ‘Lights off!’ rang the voice, and switches pit-patted.

1998 J. Barnes England, England (1999) 195 In the pastureland of egregious error none is more tenacious..than the assumption that the swoony little heart which pitapats within the modern body has always been there.

Derivatives

† pit-a-pat-ation n. Obsolete humorous palpitation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > pattering or spattering

pit-a-pat1582

pit-a-pat-ationa1735

squatter1788

pattering1798

patter1822

splatter1827

pit-a-patting1844

pat1846

pitter-patter1863

spattering1866

a1735 Ld. Peterborough Song i, in F. Locker Lyra Elegant. 99 I said to my heart,..What black, brown, or fair, in what clime, in what nation, By turns has not taught thee a pit-a-pat-ation?

1763 G. Colman in Terræ Filius 5 July 14 The Pit-a-pat-ation of their dear little Bosoms.

ˈpit-a-patting n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > pattering or spattering

pit-a-pat1582

pit-a-pat-ationa1735

squatter1788

pattering1798

patter1822

splatter1827

pit-a-patting1844

pat1846

pitter-patter1863

spattering1866

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [adjective] > pattering or spattering

spattering1576

tattling1576

pittering1594

pit-a-pata1637

pattering1697

pit-a-patting1844

1844 M. F. Tupper Crock of Gold xxvi. 209 He was so very fearful the pitapating would betray him.

1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. vii. 79 My little heart was ashamed of its pit-a-patting.

1894 Outing 24 14/1 I looked around..a soft pit-a-patting sound behind me.

2000 Washington Post (Nexis) 27 Feb. x.05 Their pit-patting paws and flapping wings intrude into almost every chapter.

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

pit-a-patadv.int.n.adj.

Brit.

/ˌpɪtəˈpat/,

/ˈpɪtəpat/, U.S.

/ˈˌpɪdəˈˌpæt/

Forms:

α. 1500s– pit-pat.

β. 1600s– pit-a-pat, 1700s–1800s pitty-pat, 1800s pitterty-pat (Scottish), 1900s– pitty-pat.

γ. 1600s a-pit-pat, 1600s a-pit-to-pat, 1600s–1700s a-pit-a-pat.

δ. 1700s pittie-pattie (Scottish), 1700s–1800s pitty-patty.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative, expressing rapid, light, alternating sounds. Compare pat n.¹

A. adv. (and int.)

With a series of rapidly alternating or repeated light sounds, as of a quick heartbeat, footsteps, etc.; palpitatingly: patteringly. Frequently in to go pit-a-pat. Also as int.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [adverb] > patter or splatter

pit-a-pata1535

pitter-patter1642

pitter-litter1910

a1535 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 93 Some wretches y^t scant can crepe for age..walk pit pat vpon a paire of patens.

1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iv. i. sig. G You shall haue kisses..,goe pit-pat, pit-pat, pit-pat, vpon your Lips, as thicke as stones out of slings.

a1625 J. Fletcher Island Princesse iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ooo^v/1 And how their hearts go pit a pat.

1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour ii. i. 11 Agad my heart has gone a pit pat for thee.

a1758 A. Ramsay Highland Lassie iii My flighterin heart gangs pittie-pattie.

1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 170 Her feet went pit-a-pat with joy.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge liii. 242 Tramp, tramp, pit-pat, on they come together.

1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond III. viii. 119 Her heart..was easily set pitty-pat.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xxxiv. 175 He leaned over her, and his heart went pit-a-pat.

1985 S. Sucharitkul Alien Swordmaster i. i. 3 She could sense her heart beating, pitapat..pitapat—too slow!

B. n.

1. A series of rapidly alternating or repeated light sounds; the action producing these sounds; palpitation, pattering.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > pattering or spattering

pit-a-pat1582

pit-a-pat-ationa1735

squatter1788

pattering1798

patter1822

splatter1827

pit-a-patting1844

pat1846

pitter-patter1863

spattering1866

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 42 Tripping with pit pat vnequal.

1681 J. Dryden Tamerl. Epil. 12 'Tis but the pit-a-pat of two young hearts.

1784 R. Bage Barham Downs II. 318 You..may make love, and play your pitty patties.

1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI cxii. 120 That stealthy pace..So like a spiritual pit a-pat.

1884 T. Hardy Interlopers at Knap in Eng. Illustr. Mag. May 503/1 The pit-a-pat of their horses' hoofs lessened.

1970 M. Chisholm McAllister says No v. 34 The sound of a trotting pony reached his ears, the pit-pat of the unshod feet of an Indian pony on rock.

1994 S. P. Somtow Jasmine Nights (1995) I. 365 The persistent drizzle of rain on the sill and the pit-a-pat of geckos' feet on the mosquito meshing.

2. U.S. (chiefly in African-American usage). In form pitty-pat. A card game similar to rummy, the object of which is to make pairs. Also in plural.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > others

laugh and lie down1522

mack1548

decoyc1555

pinionc1557

to beat the knave out of doors1570

imperial1577

prima vista1587

loadum1591

flush1598

prime1598

thirty-perforce1599

gresco1605

hole1621

my sow's pigged1621

slam1621

fox-mine-host1622

whipperginnie1622

crimpa1637

hundred1636

pinache1641

sequence1653

lady's hole1658

quebas1668

art of memory1674

costly colours1674

penneech1674

plain dealing1674

wit and reason1680

comet1685

lansquenet1687

incertain1689

macham1689

uptails1694

quinze1714

hoc1730

commerce1732

matrimonya1743

tredrille1764

Tom come tickle me1769

tresette1785

snitch'ems1798

tontine1798

blind hazard1816

all fives1838

short cards1845

blind hookey1852

sixty-six1857

skin the lamb1864

brisque1870

handicap1870

manille1874

forty-five1875

slobberhannes1877

fifteen1884

Black Maria1885

slapjack1887

seven-and-a-half1895

pit1904

Russian Bank1915

red dog1919

fan-tan1923

Pelmanism1923

Slippery Sam1923

go fish1933

Russian Banker1937

racing demon1938

pit-a-pat1947

scopa1965

1947 Sat. Evening Post 15 Feb. 60 While still in knee breeches he became a master at dice, cooncan, pitty pat and all the other Negro gambling games.

1966 J. J. Phillips Mojo Hand iv. 35 Let's play some pitty pats. She went to her bed, took out a pack of cards from a canvas sack, and they began to play for what money they had.

2003 Y. B. Moore Triple Take xvi. 146 You could find him pitching pennies on the street with the young cats, playing pitty-pat with some grannies, or shooting dice in the alley.

C. adj.

Of the nature of, or characterized by, rapidly alternating or repeated light sounds; that palpitates or patters.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [adjective] > pattering or spattering

spattering1576

tattling1576

pittering1594

pit-a-pata1637

pattering1697

pit-a-patting1844

a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods lxxvi. 19 in Wks. (1640) III The ratling pit-pat-noyse, Of the lesse-Poëtique boyes.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 503. ⁋2 She..stepp'd out of her Pew, and fell into the finest pitty-pat Air,..tossing her Head up and down.

1756 A. Murphy Apprentice ii. 31 Feel with what a Pit-a-pat Action my Heart beats.

1810 Splendid Follies III. 109 She descended with a pit-a-pat heart.

a1894 A. Webster Mother & Daughter (1895) 34 The approaching sound of pit pat feet.

1992 Glasgow Herald (Nexis) 15 May 13 The three dancers..explored a lovely range of movement from slow, sweeping-curving scoops to merry little pit-a-pat footsteps and sly skips.

2004 Baltimore Sun (Nexis) 14 Apr. 1 a The pit-a-pat drops make a sound reminiscent of fingers drumming impatiently on a tabletop.

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

单词	pit-a-pat
释义	pit-a-patv. Brit. /ˌpɪtəˈpat/, /ˈpɪtəpat/, U.S. /ˈˌpɪdəˈˌpæt/ Forms: see pit-a-pat adv., n., and adj. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pit-a-pat adv. Etymology: < pit-a-pat adv. Compare to go pit-a-pat at pit-a-pat adv. intransitive. To go pit-a-pat; to palpitate, patter; to make a pattering sound. ΘΚΠ 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 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 72 Swains,..the strouting Clusters cut,..Run..to the fragrant Fat, Tumble them in, and after pit-a-pat, Vp to the Waste. 1728 A. Ramsay Fables x. 22 Till his heart pitty-pattys. 1757 D. Garrick Lilliput i. 14 There will not be a Female Heart, but will pit-a-pat, as he passes by. 1827 G. H. Taylor Excurs. Village Curate 123 I heard footsteps softly pit-patting up the stairs. 1862 J. Gardner Jottiana 30 My youthfu' heart within my breast Was pitty-pattyin' 'bout the beast. 1899 A. Conan Doyle Duet 72 It pit-patted upon the windows, splashed upon the sills, and gurgled in the water-pipes. 1949 R. K. Narayan Mr. Sampath ix. 186 ‘Lights off!’ rang the voice, and switches pit-patted. 1998 J. Barnes England, England (1999) 195 In the pastureland of egregious error none is more tenacious..than the assumption that the swoony little heart which pitapats within the modern body has always been there. Derivatives † pit-a-pat-ation n. Obsolete humorous palpitation. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > pattering or spattering pit-a-pat1582 pit-a-pat-ationa1735 squatter1788 pattering1798 patter1822 splatter1827 pit-a-patting1844 pat1846 pitter-patter1863 spattering1866 a1735 Ld. Peterborough Song i, in F. Locker Lyra Elegant. 99 I said to my heart,..What black, brown, or fair, in what clime, in what nation, By turns has not taught thee a pit-a-pat-ation? 1763 G. Colman in Terræ Filius 5 July 14 The Pit-a-pat-ation of their dear little Bosoms. ˈpit-a-patting n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > pattering or spattering pit-a-pat1582 pit-a-pat-ationa1735 squatter1788 pattering1798 patter1822 splatter1827 pit-a-patting1844 pat1846 pitter-patter1863 spattering1866 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [adjective] > pattering or spattering spattering1576 tattling1576 pittering1594 pit-a-pata1637 pattering1697 pit-a-patting1844 1844 M. F. Tupper Crock of Gold xxvi. 209 He was so very fearful the pitapating would betray him. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. vii. 79 My little heart was ashamed of its pit-a-patting. 1894 Outing 24 14/1 I looked around..a soft pit-a-patting sound behind me. 2000 Washington Post (Nexis) 27 Feb. x.05 Their pit-patting paws and flapping wings intrude into almost every chapter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pit-a-patadv.int.n.adj. Brit. /ˌpɪtəˈpat/, /ˈpɪtəpat/, U.S. /ˈˌpɪdəˈˌpæt/ Forms: α. 1500s– pit-pat. β. 1600s– pit-a-pat, 1700s–1800s pitty-pat, 1800s pitterty-pat (Scottish), 1900s– pitty-pat. γ. 1600s a-pit-pat, 1600s a-pit-to-pat, 1600s–1700s a-pit-a-pat. δ. 1700s pittie-pattie (Scottish), 1700s–1800s pitty-patty. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative, expressing rapid, light, alternating sounds. Compare pat n.¹ A. adv. (and int.) With a series of rapidly alternating or repeated light sounds, as of a quick heartbeat, footsteps, etc.; palpitatingly: patteringly. Frequently in to go pit-a-pat. Also as int. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [adverb] > patter or splatter pit-a-pata1535 pitter-patter1642 pitter-litter1910 a1535 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 93 Some wretches y^t scant can crepe for age..walk pit pat vpon a paire of patens. 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iv. i. sig. G You shall haue kisses..,goe pit-pat, pit-pat, pit-pat, vpon your Lips, as thicke as stones out of slings. View more context for this quotation a1625 J. Fletcher Island Princesse iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ooo^v/1 And how their hearts go pit a pat. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour ii. i. 11 Agad my heart has gone a pit pat for thee. a1758 A. Ramsay Highland Lassie iii My flighterin heart gangs pittie-pattie. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 170 Her feet went pit-a-pat with joy. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge liii. 242 Tramp, tramp, pit-pat, on they come together. 1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond III. viii. 119 Her heart..was easily set pitty-pat. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xxxiv. 175 He leaned over her, and his heart went pit-a-pat. 1985 S. Sucharitkul Alien Swordmaster i. i. 3 She could sense her heart beating, pitapat..pitapat—too slow! B. n. 1. A series of rapidly alternating or repeated light sounds; the action producing these sounds; palpitation, pattering. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > pattering or spattering pit-a-pat1582 pit-a-pat-ationa1735 squatter1788 pattering1798 patter1822 splatter1827 pit-a-patting1844 pat1846 pitter-patter1863 spattering1866 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 42 Tripping with pit pat vnequal. 1681 J. Dryden Tamerl. Epil. 12 'Tis but the pit-a-pat of two young hearts. 1784 R. Bage Barham Downs II. 318 You..may make love, and play your pitty patties. 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI cxii. 120 That stealthy pace..So like a spiritual pit a-pat. 1884 T. Hardy Interlopers at Knap in Eng. Illustr. Mag. May 503/1 The pit-a-pat of their horses' hoofs lessened. 1970 M. Chisholm McAllister says No v. 34 The sound of a trotting pony reached his ears, the pit-pat of the unshod feet of an Indian pony on rock. 1994 S. P. Somtow Jasmine Nights (1995) I. 365 The persistent drizzle of rain on the sill and the pit-a-pat of geckos' feet on the mosquito meshing. 2. U.S. (chiefly in African-American usage). In form pitty-pat. A card game similar to rummy, the object of which is to make pairs. Also in plural. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > others laugh and lie down1522 mack1548 decoyc1555 pinionc1557 to beat the knave out of doors1570 imperial1577 prima vista1587 loadum1591 flush1598 prime1598 thirty-perforce1599 gresco1605 hole1621 my sow's pigged1621 slam1621 fox-mine-host1622 whipperginnie1622 crimpa1637 hundred1636 pinache1641 sequence1653 lady's hole1658 quebas1668 art of memory1674 costly colours1674 penneech1674 plain dealing1674 wit and reason1680 comet1685 lansquenet1687 incertain1689 macham1689 uptails1694 quinze1714 hoc1730 commerce1732 matrimonya1743 tredrille1764 Tom come tickle me1769 tresette1785 snitch'ems1798 tontine1798 blind hazard1816 all fives1838 short cards1845 blind hookey1852 sixty-six1857 skin the lamb1864 brisque1870 handicap1870 manille1874 forty-five1875 slobberhannes1877 fifteen1884 Black Maria1885 slapjack1887 seven-and-a-half1895 pit1904 Russian Bank1915 red dog1919 fan-tan1923 Pelmanism1923 Slippery Sam1923 go fish1933 Russian Banker1937 racing demon1938 pit-a-pat1947 scopa1965 1947 Sat. Evening Post 15 Feb. 60 While still in knee breeches he became a master at dice, cooncan, pitty pat and all the other Negro gambling games. 1966 J. J. Phillips Mojo Hand iv. 35 Let's play some pitty pats. She went to her bed, took out a pack of cards from a canvas sack, and they began to play for what money they had. 2003 Y. B. Moore Triple Take xvi. 146 You could find him pitching pennies on the street with the young cats, playing pitty-pat with some grannies, or shooting dice in the alley. C. adj. Of the nature of, or characterized by, rapidly alternating or repeated light sounds; that palpitates or patters. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [adjective] > pattering or spattering spattering1576 tattling1576 pittering1594 pit-a-pata1637 pattering1697 pit-a-patting1844 a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods lxxvi. 19 in Wks. (1640) III The ratling pit-pat-noyse, Of the lesse-Poëtique boyes. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 503. ⁋2 She..stepp'd out of her Pew, and fell into the finest pitty-pat Air,..tossing her Head up and down. 1756 A. Murphy Apprentice ii. 31 Feel with what a Pit-a-pat Action my Heart beats. 1810 Splendid Follies III. 109 She descended with a pit-a-pat heart. a1894 A. Webster Mother & Daughter (1895) 34 The approaching sound of pit pat feet. 1992 Glasgow Herald (Nexis) 15 May 13 The three dancers..explored a lovely range of movement from slow, sweeping-curving scoops to merry little pit-a-pat footsteps and sly skips. 2004 Baltimore Sun (Nexis) 14 Apr. 1 a The pit-a-pat drops make a sound reminiscent of fingers drumming impatiently on a tabletop. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1606adv.int.n.adj.a1535
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