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Meaning of pit-a-pat | Babel Free

Interjection CEFR C2

Definitions

Representing a series of quick tapping sounds.

Examples

“Pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, the bullets kept falling and stirring up little puffs of dust on the open ground in front of the zeriba.”
““Pit-a-pat! Pit-a-pat!”—On go the thousands of feet; on to the movie and on to the dance; on to the office, the club and the bank.”
“Pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, / He danced on the whiskery nose.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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