Pit-a-pat

4 definitions found

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

  Pitapat \Pit"a*pat`\, adv. [An onomatopoetic reduplication of
     pat a light, quick blow.]
     In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats.
     --Lowell. "The fox's heart went pitapat." --L'Estrange.
     [1913 Webster]



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

  Pitapat \Pit"a*pat`\, n.
     A light, repeated sound; a pattering, as of the rain. "The
     pitapat of a pretty foot." --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pit-a-pat
       adv 1: as of footsteps; "he came running pit-a-pat down the hall"
              [syn: {pitty-patty}, {pitty-pat}, {pitter-patter}]
       2: describing a rhythmic beating; "his heart went pit-a-pat"
          [syn: {pitty-patty}, {pitty-pat}, {pitter-patter}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  107 Moby Thesaurus words for "pitapat":
     arrhythmia, barrage, beat, beating, bump, chink, click, clink,
     clop, clump, clunk, crump, dance, didder, disquiet, disquietude,
     dithers, drum, drum music, drumbeat, drumfire, drumming, dull thud,
     fidgetiness, fidgets, flap, flick, flicker, flit, flitter, flop,
     flump, flutter, heartbeat, heartthrob, heaving, inquietude, pad,
     palpitant, palpitation, panting, paradiddle, pat, patter,
     pitter-patter, plump, plunk, pop, pound, pounding, pulsatile,
     pulsating, pulsation, pulsative, pulsatory, pulse, pulsing,
     quaking, quaver, quavering, quiver, quivering, rap, rat-a-tat,
     rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, rataplan, rattattoo, restlessness, rhythm,
     rhythmic, roll, rub-a-dub, ruff, ruffle, shake, shakes, shaking,
     shiver, shivers, shudder, spatter, splutter, sputter, staccato,
     tap, tat-tat, tattoo, tempo, throb, throbbing, thrum, thud, thump,
     thumping, tick, tinkle, tom-tom, tremble, trembling, tremor,
     trepidation, trepidity, tunk, twitter, unrest, waver