patter
pa
ˈpÃĻ
pā
tter
tɜr
tēr
/pˈÃĻtɐ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "patter"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϟāĻĒāϟāĻĒ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ, āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ

a series of rapid, light sounds occurring in quick succession
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I could hear the patter of footsteps as the children ran down the hallway.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĻĄā§‹āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϟāĻĒāϟāĻĒ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻļ⧁āύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžā§āϚāύāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻ•āĻĨāĻž

plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
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āϟāĻĒāϟāĻĒ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ–āϟāĻ–āϟ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make a light repeated sound, especially by tapping on something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She could hear the patter of tiny feet as her cat ran across the wooden floor.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϟāĻĒāϟāĻĒ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻļ⧁āύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋ⧜āĻžāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§‡āĻā§‡āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧌⧜āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

patter
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ