patter

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You can give a whole load of his patter straight back.

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Quick take

plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of patter gathered in one view.

noun

plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)

noun

a quick succession of light rapid sounds; "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet"

verb

rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for patter.

noun

plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)

noun

a quick succession of light rapid sounds; "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet"

verb

rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"

See also: sprinkle, spit, spatter, pitter-patter

verb

make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering rain"

Example sentences

You can give a whole load of his patter straight back.

The inlaws are asking when they're going to hear the patter of tiny feet?

MVC and EF are just a couple examples of moving away from this patter.

This will let you get your patter down, make the strange questions unsurprising, etc.

I love to listen to the rain-drops go pitter-patter and plunk all over the roof of my house.

This is all true, but the Grand Old Order of Locksmiths hasn't evolved this line of patter for no reason.

Also for LTE sleep patter synchronization is being added.

The things I noticed, listening to their phone patter, etc.- Building trust is the most important thing in getting to a close.

I hear the same thing: the continual pitter-patter of push notifications and texting.

A card trick may use a lift invented 100 years ago and a bit of verbal patter similar to something invented last year.

Well I think it's implicit that one of the things he thinks makes Shakespeare great is this engagement of 'poetry and patter' and he thinks Joyce also does this.

The hover patter, what you call scrubbing, seems to me to be related to but different from mystery meat, which is characterized by seeing a navigation element and saying "What on earth is that supposed to be?