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pit-a-pat adv 1: as of footsteps; "he came running pit-a-pat down the hall" [syn: {pitty-patty}, {pitty-pat}, {pitter-patter}] 2: describing a rhythmic beating; "his heart went pit-a-pat" [syn: {pitty-patty}, {pitty-pat}, {pitter-patter}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 107 Moby Thesaurus words for "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 pit-a-pat |
Dot Coms with the word pit-a-pat in them As of 12/11/08
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