The pitter patter of the rain on the roof kept me from falling asleep.
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Patter
//ˈpæt.ə//
Synonyms for "patter" (273 found)
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Closest matches (55)
Strong matches (82)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (136)
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Verb(5 words)
Noun(1 words)
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11 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- барабанене noun (soft repeated sound)
- скоропоговорка noun (glib and rapid speech)
- трополене noun (soft repeated sound)
- барабаня verb (to make irregularly repeated sounds)
Czech
4 entries- klapot noun (soft repeated sound)
- pleskání noun (soft repeated sound)
- řeči noun (glib and rapid speech)
- řečičky noun (glib and rapid speech)
Dutch
1 entries- getrippel noun (soft repeated sound)
Finnish
4 entries- paukutus noun (glib and rapid speech)
- tepsutus noun (soft repeated sound)
- paukuttaa verb (to speak glibly and rapidly)
- rapsahdella verb (to make irregularly repeated sounds)
German
3 entries- Geplapper noun (glib and rapid speech)
- Trippeln noun (soft repeated sound)
- plappern verb (to speak glibly and rapidly)
Hungarian
1 entries- pörög a nyelve verb (to speak glibly and rapidly)
Italian
1 entries- picchiettio noun (soft repeated sound)
Portuguese
2 entries- gíria noun (glib and rapid speech)
- jargão noun (glib and rapid speech)
Russian
4 entries- говоро́к noun (glib and rapid speech)
- скорогово́рка noun (glib and rapid speech)
- то́пот noun (soft repeated sound)
- топота́ние noun (soft repeated sound)
Spanish
4 entries- parloteo noun (glib and rapid speech)
- pisada noun (soft repeated sound)
- rollo noun (glib and rapid speech)
- golpetear verb (to make irregularly repeated sounds)
Ukrainian
4 entries- дріботіння noun (soft repeated sound)
- стукіт noun (soft repeated sound)
- тупотіння noun (soft repeated sound)
- барабанити verb (to make irregularly repeated sounds)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The young couple climbed into the vehicle not long before the first raindrops began to patter on the windscreen.
Source: tatoeba (10982494)
I could hear the patter of mice running about in the dark.
Source: wiktionary
The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed.
Source: wiktionary
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