pitapat or pit-a-pat /pitˈə-pat/, pitty-pat /pitˈi-pat/ or pit-pat /pitˈpatˈ/

1. With a pattering or tapping noise
2. With a palpitating sensation

1. Fluttering
2. Pattering

1. A light, quick step
2. A succession of light taps
3. A pattering noise
4. A palpitating sensation

1. To step or tread quickly
2. To patter or tap lightly
3. To palpitate

• short-sightedness
• short sixes
• short-spoken
• short-staffed
• short-staple
• shortstop
• shortstops
• short stories
• short story
• short subject
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• shortsword
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• short-tempered
• short tennis
• short-term
• short-termer
• short-termism
• short-termist
• short-term memories
• short-term memory
• short time
• short-time
• short times
• short ton