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Pit-a-pat   /pɪt-ə-pæt/   Listen
Pit-a-pat

adverb
1.
As of footsteps.  Synonyms: pitter-patter, pitty-pat, pitty-patty.
2.
Describing a rhythmic beating.  Synonyms: pitter-patter, pitty-pat, pitty-patty.






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"Pit-a-pat" Quotes from Famous Books



... not invited to talk, but Lady Latimer gave her a kind glance at intervals. Yet for all this encouragement her heart went pit-a-pat when they came in sight of Fairfield; for about the gate was gathered a group of young ladies—to Bessie's imagination at this epoch the most formidable of created beings. There was one on horseback, a most playful, sweet Margaret, who was my lady's niece; and another, ...
— The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax • Harriet Parr



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