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Meaning of pitterpatter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Examples

“I'm currently listening to the pitterpatter of peoples'^([sic]) fingers on keys in the compu lab, and some people arguing with the guys who dole out the printing passes.”
“'You hear that?' Gordon was saying. 'That distant pitterpatter, like tapdancing angels? That's rain, that is. My rain. My fault. You know why it's my fault?'”
“And how absurd was it that, despite all that had transpired in the last half hour, her heart raced in pitterpatters because Mr. William Q. White had actually started a conversation with her?”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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