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Definition of pit-a-pat in English: pit-a-pat(also pitapat) adverb pɪtəˈpatˈpɪdəˌpæt With a sound like quick light steps or taps. 劈劈啪啪地，卜卜地 Example sentencesExamples - Consequently, I'm doubly grateful for a CD of Rosner's orchestral music, and the designation ‘Volume 1 ‘makes my heart go pit-a-pat.’
- Working in minuscule, invisible circles, you clenched your teeth while your poor little heart went pit-a-pat?
- By way of illustration, he invited his readers to ‘fancy Mr. Neville Chamberlain having twenty-five feet of intestines and a heart going pit-a-pat all the time.’
- Our hearts went pitapat when we received the news that the inventors were all set to snap up the million-dollar prize.
Synonyms beat rapidly, palpitate, pound, throb, pulsate, pulse, thud, thump, hammer, flutter, pitter-patter, quiver, pump, race, pant, thrill rare quop
noun pɪtəˈpatˈpɪdəˌpæt A sound like quick light steps or taps. 劈劈啪啪地，卜卜地 Synonyms beat, rhythm, patter, tap, chatter, pounding, thump, thumping, thud, thudding, rattle, rattling, pitter-patter, rat-a-tat, thrum, tattoo, vibration, throb, throbbing, pulsation
OriginEarly 16th century: imitative of alternating sounds. Rhymesat, bat, brat, cat, chat, cravat, drat, expat, fat, flat, frat, gat, gnat, hat, hereat, high-hat, howzat, lat, mat, matt, matte, Montserrat, Nat, outsat, pat, plait, plat, prat, Rabat, rat, rat-tat, Sadat, sat, scat, Sebat, shabbat, shat, skat, slat, spat, splat, sprat, stat, Surat, tat, that, thereat, tit-for-tat, vat, whereat Definition of pit-a-pat in US English: pit-a-pat(also pitapat) adverbˈpidəˌpatˈpɪdəˌpæt With a sound like quick light steps or taps. 劈劈啪啪地，卜卜地 Example sentencesExamples - Working in minuscule, invisible circles, you clenched your teeth while your poor little heart went pit-a-pat?
- By way of illustration, he invited his readers to ‘fancy Mr. Neville Chamberlain having twenty-five feet of intestines and a heart going pit-a-pat all the time.’
- Consequently, I'm doubly grateful for a CD of Rosner's orchestral music, and the designation ‘Volume 1 ‘makes my heart go pit-a-pat.’
- Our hearts went pitapat when we received the news that the inventors were all set to snap up the million-dollar prize.
Synonyms beat rapidly, palpitate, pound, throb, pulsate, pulse, thud, thump, hammer, flutter, pitter-patter, quiver, pump, race, pant, thrill
nounˈpidəˌpatˈpɪdəˌpæt A sound like quick light taps. 劈劈啪啪地，卜卜地 Synonyms beat, rhythm, patter, tap, chatter, pounding, thump, thumping, thud, thudding, rattle, rattling, pitter-patter, rat-a-tat, thrum, tattoo, vibration, throb, throbbing, pulsation
OriginEarly 16th century: imitative of alternating sounds. |