Pattering

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard.
                                                    --Thomson.
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     2. To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips.
        --Tyndale. [In this sense, and in the following, perh.
        from paternoster.]
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     3. To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue. [Colloq.]
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              I've gone out and pattered to get money. --Mayhew.
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