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US
/ˈpætɝ/
]
[ UK /pˈætɐ/ ]
[ UK /pˈætɐ/ ]
VERB
-
rain gently
It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick -
make light, rapid and repeated sounds
gently pattering rain
NOUN
- plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
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a quick succession of light rapid sounds
the patter of tiny feet
the patter of mice
How To Use patter In A Sentence
- Quite a bit of tablet weave, where you weave a pattern into the fabric, has been found. Times, Sunday Times
- Part of the problem in making extrapolations from these patterns to build a theory is that the relationship between language and social structure may vary considerably, both synchronically and diachronically.
- Labor economics has become virtually a branch of applied econometrics, with the usual large data sets and headless horsemen running around looking for patterns.
- Tweed sports jackets are all the rage, and the best part is that you don't need to worry about matching patterns when it comes to blazers and button-down shirts.
- Wildlife Watching Supplies stock a wide range of materials, olive green or camouflage pattern, lightweight, medium and heavy weight, showerproofed polycotton and waterproof nylon.
- Hence, the aim of the analysis of attitudes was to reveal the hidden patterns typically sedimented in particular social and cultural contexts.
- This is not by any means the only instance of financial incompetence on the part of our various Scottish ancestors, nor indeed of the tendency to resort to violence, and those patterns offer surprisingly little reassurance from the genetic standpoint. Archive 2009-03-01
- However, outside of Africa, the major regions of Europe, east Asia, and the Americas exhibit three different patterns.
- This pattern of stimulus and response is parallel to the way that a shepherd might train his sheepdog.
- Most prewar kitchens had ceramic tile countertops and backsplashes, and many of the original patterns and colors are now back in production.