Patter /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Pattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Pattering

1. To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.

   The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard.

2. To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips.
3. To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue. [Colloq.]

   I've gone out and pattered to get money.

1. To spatter; to sprinkle. [R.]
2. To mutter; as prayers.

   [The hooded clouds] patter their doleful prayers.

1. A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet.
2. Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.
3. The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter.
4. The language or oratory of a street peddler, conjurer, or the like, hence, glib talk; a voluble harangue; mere talk; chatter; also, specif., rapid speech, esp. as sometimes introduced in songs. [Cant or Colloq.]