亚洲网紅露点

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patter

1

[ pat-er ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to make a rapid succession of light taps:

    Raindrops patter on the windowpane.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. to move or walk lightly or quickly:

    The child pattered across the room.



verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to patter.
  2. to spatter with something.

noun

  1. a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:

    the steady patter of rain on the tin roof.

  2. the act of pattering.

patter

2

[ pat-er ]

noun

  1. meaningless, rapid talk; mere chatter; gabble.
  2. the usually glib and rapid speech or talk used by a magician while performing, a barker at a circus or sideshow, a comedian or other entertainer, a vendor of questionable wares, or the like; stylized or rehearsed talk used to attract attention, entertain, etc.
  3. amusing lines delivered rapidly by an entertainer or performer, as in a comic routine or in a song.
  4. the jargon or cant of any class, group, etc.

verb (used without object)

  1. to talk glibly or rapidly, especially with little regard to meaning; chatter.
  2. to repeat a paternoster or other prayer in a rapid, mechanical way.

verb (used with object)

  1. to recite or repeat (prayers, verses, etc.) in a rapid, mechanical way.
  2. to repeat or say rapidly or glibly.

patter

3

[ pat-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that pats. pat.

patter

1

/ 藞辫忙迟蓹 /

verb

  1. intr to walk or move with quick soft steps
  2. to strike with or make a quick succession of light tapping sounds
  3. rare.
    tr to cause to patter
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a quick succession of light tapping sounds, as of feet

    the patter of mice

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

patter

2

/ 藞辫忙迟蓹 /

noun

  1. the glib rapid speech of comedians, salesmen, etc
  2. quick idle talk; chatter
  3. the jargon of a particular group; lingo
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to speak glibly and rapidly
  2. to repeat (prayers) in a mechanical or perfunctory manner
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of patter1

First recorded in 1605鈥15; pat 1 + -er 6

Origin of patter2

First recorded in 1375鈥1425; Middle English pateren 鈥渢o say the paternoster, pray quickly and mechanically鈥; pater

Origin of patter3

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of patter1

C17: from pat 1

Origin of patter2

C14: from Latin pater in Pater Noster Our Father
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He鈥檚 practicing his slick three-card monte moves and patter, wanting to pick up his brother鈥檚 old line of work.

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His style was laid back, conversational and a contrast to the highly formatted slick patter of many other DJs.

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Years of honing her comic patter behind a bar helped and she quickly became established on the comedy circuit.

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His patter 鈥 fast, outraged, informed and tinged with well-timed jokes 鈥 was a master class in old-school talk radio.

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As he spoke, a steady rain pattered on the promenade facing Portland, just across the Columbia River.

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