Usually means: Rapid, continuous, light tapping sounds.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. pattering: Merriam-Webster
  2. pattering: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pattering: Vocabulary.com
  4. Pattering, pattering: Wordnik
  5. pattering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. pattering: Wiktionary
  7. Pattering, pattering: Dictionary.com
  8. Pattering: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Pattering: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. pattering: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. pattering: FreeDictionary.org
  12. pattering: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pattering: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pattering: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pattering)

▸ noun:  Groupings of frequent irregularly repeated sounds of moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.

Similar:
pitter-patter, spatter, spit, sprinkle, spiel, line of gab, pitterpatter, thumping, pitty-pat, clumping, more...

Opposite:
patter, patter of rain

Types:
rain, snow, sleet, hail, thunder, lightning, thunderstorm, hurricane, tornado, sandstorm, more...

Phrases:
pitter pattering, pattering rain, more...

Adjectives:
soft, little, pitter, quick, steady, gentle, light, rapid, heavy, swift, sudden

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Similar:
pitter-patter, spatter, spit, sprinkle, spiel, line of gab, pitterpatter, thumping, pitty-pat, clumping, more...

Opposite:
patter, patter of rain

Types:
rain, snow, sleet, hail, thunder, lightning, thunderstorm, hurricane, tornado, sandstorm, more...

Phrases:
pitter pattering, pattering rain, more...

Adjectives:
soft, little, pitter, quick, steady, gentle, light, rapid, heavy, swift, sudden



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