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pitapat

American  
[pit-uh-pat] / ˈpɪt əˌpæt /

adverb

  1. with a quick succession of beats or taps.

    Her heart beat pitapat with excitement.

noun

  1. the movement or the sound of something going pitapat.

    the pitapat of hail on a roof.

verb (used without object)

pitapatted, pitapatting

  1. to go pitapat.

pitapat British  
/ ˌpɪtəˈpæt /

adverb

  1. with quick light taps or beats

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verb

  1. (intr) to make quick light taps or beats

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noun

  1. such taps or beats

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Etymology

Origin of pitapat

First recorded in 1515–25; imitative gradational compound

Example Sentences

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And then she added, with a laugh, that he ought to be tied up, "for you are a cruel handsome man, Frank, and my heart goes pitapat at the very sight of you!"

From Love, the Fiddler by Osbourne, Lloyd

And while she gazed her heart went pitapat.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

Just as she was ready to open, she heard the pitapat of little Nanna's steps on the bridge from the bank.

From Mary by Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne

How his heart had gone pitapat when he had discovered it and had quietly, oh, so quietly, dropped his baited hook into the clear, spring water.

From A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life by Seely, Herman Gastrell

Suddenly he fancied he heard feet outside going pitapat.

From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

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