pit-a-pat
Collocations
3VERB + PIT-A-PAT
go
PIT-A-PAT + NOUN
bullets, heart
PREP.
on
Definitions
intj
Representing a series of quick tapping sounds.
Pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, the bullets kept falling and stirring up little puffs of dust on the open ground in front of the zeriba.
“Pit-a-pat! Pit-a-pat!”—On go the thousands of feet; on to the movie and on to the dance; on to the office, the club and the bank.
verb
To make a series of quick tapping sounds; to palpitate
noun
A series of quick tapping sounds
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, the bullets kept falling and stirring up little puffs of dust on the open ground in front of the zeriba.
Wiktionary“Pit-a-pat! Pit-a-pat!”—On go the thousands of feet; on to the movie and on to the dance; on to the office, the club and the bank.
WiktionaryPit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, / He danced on the whiskery nose.
Wiktionary“Only a scraping of shoes on the mat? / “Anything like the sound of a rat / “Makes my heart go pit-a-pat!”
WiktionaryThe chesnut ringlets were speedily twitched from the confining paper, her Sunday hat, gown, and neckerchief bustled on in a moment, and wondering what he would say, and how she should feel and behave
WiktionaryThe pit-a-pat heart of a susceptible girl of sixteen, tells her that a gentleman is a tall fellow with a fine military cap on his head; […]
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