patter

v. chatter, make small talk; walk, putter

n. chatter, small talk; sound of footsteps; gossip; slang, jargon

Patter is a glib rapid speech, that accompanies and comments some actions, e.g., of an auctioneer, salesperson, or comedian. It was a slang word for the secret or cant language used by beggars, thieves, Gypsies, etc., hence the fluent plausible talk that a cheap-jack employs to pass off his goods. Many illusionists, e.g., card magicians use patter both to enhance the show and to distract the attention of the spectators.It is thus used of any rapid manner of talking, and of a patter-song, in which a very large number of words have to be sung at high speed to fit them to the music. The word, though in some of its senses affected by "patter", to make a series of rapid strokes or pats, as of raindrops, is derived from the way of quick and mechanical mumbling of prayers and is the colloquial shortening of "Pater Noster".
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Noun
1. plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
(synonym) spiel, line of gab
(hypernym) line
2. a quick succession of light rapid sounds; "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet"
(hypernym) sound
(derivation) pitter-patter
Verb
1. rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
(synonym) sprinkle, spit, spatter, pitter-patter
(hypernym) rain, rain down
2. make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering rain"
(synonym) pitter-patter
(hypernym) sound, go

(v. t.)
To spatter; to sprinkle.
  

(v. i.)
To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue.
  

(v. i.)
To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.
  

(v. i.)
To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips.
  

(v. i.)
To mutter; as prayers.
  

(n.)
The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter.
  

(n.)
Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.
  

(n.)
A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet.
  

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