pitapat
with a quick succession of beats or taps: Her heart beat pitapat with excitement.
the movement or the sound of something going pitapat: the pitapat of hail on a roof.
to go pitapat.
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How to use pitapat in a sentence
And Stempenju dissolves on his violin and melts like wax; pitapat is all you may hear.
Scolding and pushing pitapat out before her, she closed the door with a bang.
Hidden Hand | Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth"Three times and out," he whispered as the boys' hearts went pitapat.
A Son of the City | Herman Gastrell SeelyShe walks the deck; and tick, tick, pitapat, go the four little paws after her.
Palmetto-Leaves | Harriet Beecher StoweSomebody marched pitapat about the room, and somebody danced by the fireplace.
The Chronicles of Rhoda | Florence Tinsley Cox
British Dictionary definitions for pitapat
/ (ˌpɪtəˈpæt) /
with quick light taps or beats
(intr) to make quick light taps or beats
such taps or beats
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