plural of Pat

simple past tense and past participle of pit-a-pat

(idiomatic) Praise, congratulations.

(idiomatic, transitive) To praise or congratulate.

(idiomatic) Thoroughly practiced, rehearsed, or understood; mastered.

A special sheet of plastic used to transfer patients in hospital from beds to trolleys and vice versa, or to reposition them in the bed.

(US, informal) A repeat expatriate; one who becomes expatriated again.

To make a series of quick tapping sounds; to palpitate

A series of quick tapping sounds

With a quick tapping sound