Pit'a-păt'1, adv.
adv. [An onomatopoetic reduplication of pat, a light, quick blow.] In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats; as, his heart went pit-a-pat.
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Pit-a-pat
Pit'a-păt'2, n.
n. A light, quick, often repeated sound, as of a footstep, the rain, and the like. Now I hear the pitapat of a pretty foot through the dark alley. Dryden.