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verb | noun patterpatter1 /ˈpæt̮ɚ/ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYpatter1Origin: 1600-1700 ➔ PAT2 VERB TABLEpatter |
| Present | I, you, we, they | patter | | he, she, it | patters | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | pattered | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have pattered | | he, she, it | has pattered | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had pattered | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will patter | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have pattered |
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| Present | I | am pattering | | he, she, it | is pattering | | you, we, they | are pattering | | Past | I, he, she, it | was pattering | | you, we, they | were pattering | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been pattering | | he, she, it | has been pattering | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been pattering | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be pattering | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been pattering |
verb | noun patterpatter2 noun ETYMOLOGYpatter2Origin: (1,3) 1800-1900 ➔ PATTER1 (2) 1700-1800 paternoster name of a Christian prayer (9-21 centuries) 1[singular] the sound made by something as it keeps hitting a surface lightly and quickly: patter of the patter of raindrops2[singular, uncountable] fast, continuous, and often amusing talk, used for example by someone telling jokes or trying to sell something SYN spiel: a comedian’s patter his sales patter3the patter of tiny feet humorous used to mean that someone is going to have a baby soon: Are we going to hear the patter of tiny feet? |