Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To murmur; patter.
- n. One who removes pits or stones from fruit.
- n. An implement for removing the stones from such fruit as plums and peaches; a fruit-stoner.
Wiktionary
- n. See pitter-patter.
- n. A device that removes pits from fruit such as olives or cherries.
- v. To make a pattering sound.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A contrivance for removing the pits from peaches, plums, and other stone fruit.
- v. obsolete To make a pattering sound; to murmur.
Examples
“He never felt the rain pitter-pattering his dark head of hair.”
“We need a "pitter" for the Congress to get rid of the blue dogs and the sell outs to the banksters and insurers.”
“Plus mixers are bigger and harder to store than a little cherry pitter which is still going to be a pain for us because we only have one kitchen drawer!”
AmiExpat's Blankenhainer Kirschkuchen (Cherry Cake) Challenge!
“What to do when it rains: Cuddle up to your loved one and enjoy that pitter patter ... it could lead to a different kind of pitter patter.”
“We need a "pitter" for the congress to get rid of the blue dogs and the sell outs to the banksters and insurers.”
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“Now, I really wish I hadn't read that ... because it is causing my heart to go pitter-pat and I'm getting all excited again ... even though I had that under control.”
“I always required a bit of worldly experience before my heart went pitter-pat.”
“Not a fan of hallway soccer matches and the pitter patter of heavy little feet overhead?”
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“I just wanted to squee in public about how that kid makes my heart pitter pat.”
Boot Skootin’ Snot Boogerin’ Nobody’s Sleepin’ Boogie | Her Bad Mother
“Jessica Alba is one among an ensemble of talented performers who will make the hearts of couples go pitter-patter this weekend when "Valentine's Day" arrives in theaters.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pitter’.
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El perro hace guau guau
Animal sounds in different languages, and the verbs that specify them.
Since Georgetown took down their page, the current definitive website for this information is:
Abbott ani...øf-øf, knor knor, groin groin, grunz, röf-röf, boo boo, hrgu hrgu, nöff-nöff, oink-oink, zumbar, ulular, rebuznar and 154 more...
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The Aubrey/Maturin List I'm Gonna Mak...
I'm wading through Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels one by one, and someday, I'll wade through them again and list all the words I learned while reading them.
Edit: I started ma...studdingsail, carronade, mumchance, grumlin-futtocks, crosscat-harpings, holystone, sennit, orlop, orchitis, negus, kevel, altumal and 1112 more...
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words
pointingstock, kibosh, turnspit, ant-bear, earthborn, pitter, infold, hayseed, stoker, prismatic, backcross, blizzard and 96 more...
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The Other Side of Silence
A sound garden.
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. --Walt Whitmantin cry, chark, gride, scroop, crepitation, stridulation, swazzle, death-ruckle, cronk, rumble, borborygmus, crowling and 165 more...
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utensil strength
sieve, colander, whisk, chinoise, spatula, fork, spork, runcible spoon, tong, mandoline, crockery, ladle and 28 more...
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ElmoAli's Words
rubbies, sarcoidosis, lupus, behcets, pizzle, flutterby, seepy, hungy, ermies, luff, pippy, ribby and 22 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for pitter.
chained_bear "...he pointed out a stormy petrel pittering up the side of a foaming roller..."
--P. O'Brian, The Commodore, 271 Mar 17, 2008