patter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: patter	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patter n plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson) Synonym(s): spiel, patter, line of gab a quick succession of light rapid sounds; "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet" v rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" Synonym(s): sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering rain" Synonym(s): patter, pitter-patter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Patter \Pat"ter\, n. The language or oratory of a street peddler, conjurer, or the like, hence, glib talk; a voluble harangue; mere talk; chatter; also, specif., rapid speech, esp. as sometimes introduced in songs. [Cant or Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Patter \Pat"ter\, v. t. 1. To spatter; to sprinkle. [R.] [bd]And patter the water about the boat.[b8] --J. R. Drake. 2. [See {Patter}, v. i., 2.] To mutter; as prayers. [The hooded clouds] patter their doleful prayers. --Longfellow. {To patter flash}, to talk in thieves' cant. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Patter \Pat"ter\, n. 1. A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet. 2. Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue. 3. The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Patter \Pat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pattering}.] [Freq. of pat to strike gently.] 1. To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet. The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard. --Thomson. 2. To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips. --Tyndale. [In this sense, and in the following, perh. from paternoster.] 3. To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue. [Colloq.] I've gone out and pattered to get money. --Mayhew.