patter

Plural: patters

Noun

• plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
• a quick succession of light rapid sounds
  • "the patter of mice"
  • "the patter of tiny feet"
• A soft repeated sound, as of rain falling, or feet walking on a hard surface.
• Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer or a sports commentator.
• One who pats.

Verb

• rain gently
• make light, rapid and repeated sounds
  • "gently pattering rain"
• To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.
• To spatter; to sprinkle.
• To speak glibly and rapidly, as does an auctioneer or a sports commentator.
• To repeat the Lord's Prayer.
• To pray.
• To repeat hurriedly; to mutter.

Examples

• "I could hear the patter of mice running about in the dark."
• "The bullets pattered into the log-cabin walls."

Synonyms

line of gab, pitter-patter, spatter, spiel, spit, sprinkle