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patter
has definitions from the fields of linguistics,writing,meteorology
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[ noun ] (linguistics,writing) plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
Synonyms Used in print (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)They had spent the morning revising the act , eliminating all the gay songs , patter and dancing with a view of the best public_relations . Eliminating the patter and the upbeat numbers left little but blues and other songs of equal melancholy . |
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[ noun ] a quick succession of light rapid sounds
Examples "the patter of mice" "the patter of tiny feet" Related terms |
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[ verb ] (meteorology) rain gently
Synonyms Examples "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick." Related terms |
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[ verb ] make light, rapid and repeated sounds, as of rain
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