patter

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

I could hear the patter of mice running about in the dark.

The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed.

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

The bullets pattered into the log-cabin walls.

The stealing shower […] 'Tis scarce to patter heard.

To spatter; to sprinkle.

1819 (published in 1835) Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay Patter the water about the boat.

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

This particularly rapid, unintelligible patter isn't generally heard, and if it is it doesn't matter.

Dad, I want to be a jock. All a jock needs is some hep patter and a real gone image. Now, they just don't teach that jazz in college.