pitapat

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Adverb
• HYPHEN: pit=a=pat

CIDE DICTIONARY

pitapat, adv. [An onomatopoetic reduplication of pat a light, quick blow.].

 In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats.  [1913 Webster]

pitapat, n. 

 A light, repeated sound; a pattering, as of the rain.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

pitapat

arrhythmia, barrage, beat, beating, bump, chink, click, clink, clop, clump, clunk, crump, dance, didder, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, drum, drum music, drumbeat, drumfire, drumming, dull thud, fidgetiness, fidgets, flap, flick, flicker, flit, flitter, flop, flump, flutter, heartbeat, heartthrob, heaving, inquietude, pad, palpitant, palpitation, panting, paradiddle, pat, patter, pitter-patter, plump, plunk, pop, pound, pounding, pulsatile, pulsating, pulsation, pulsative, pulsatory, pulse, pulsing, quaking, quaver, quavering, quiver, quivering, rap, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, rataplan, rattattoo, restlessness, rhythm, rhythmic, roll, rub-a-dub, ruff, ruffle, shake, shakes, shaking, shiver, shivers, shudder, spatter, splutter, sputter, staccato, tap, tat-tat, tattoo, tempo, throb, throbbing, thrum, thud, thump, thumping, tick, tinkle, tom-tom, tremble, trembling, tremor, trepidation, trepidity, tunk, twitter, unrest, waver

ROGET THESAURUS

pitapat

Roll

N roll, drumming, berloque, bombination, rumbling, tattoo, drumroll, dingdong, tantara, rataplan, whirr, ratatat, ratatat-tat, rubadub, pitapat, quaver, clutter, charivari, racket, cuckoo, repetition, peal of bells, devil's tattoo, reverberation, clickety-clack, hum, purr, hummingbird, cat, kitten (animal sounds), rolling, monotonous, like a bee in a bottle.