pittering
/ˈpɪtərɪŋ/adjective
That makes a rapid succession of light taps or similar sounds.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in 1st Part Raigne Selimus. Either from pitter + -ing, or from pitter + -ing, although in both cases the verb is apparently first attested later.
- autograph hunter
- autographic
- autographical
- autographically
- autographism
- autograph letter
- autography
- autogravure
- autogyro
- autohagiography
- autoharp
- autohelm
- autohypnosis
- autohypnotic
- auto-hypnotism
- auto-hypnotization
- auto-icon
- auto-ignition
- autoimmune
- autoimmunisation
- autoimmunity
- autoimmunization
- autoinducer
- autoinduction
- autoinfection