A soft repeated sound, as of rain falling, or feet walking on a hard surface.

To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch. / To spatter; to sprinkle.

Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer or a sports commentator.

To speak glibly and rapidly, as does an auctioneer or a sports commentator. / (intransitive, obsolete) To repeat the Lord's Prayer. / (intransitive, obsolete) To pray.

One who pats.

plural of patter

present participle of patter

Groupings of frequent irregularly repeated sounds of moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.

simple past tense and past participle of patter

plural of pattering