verb
- making a series of light, quick tapping sounds
Usage: present participle of ‘patter’
noun
- a series of light, quick tapping sounds
Examples
- Rain was pattering against the window all night.
- The children came pattering down the stairs in their bare feet.
- I could hear the pattering of mice in the attic.
- The pattering of raindrops on the roof was soothing.
- Her fingers were pattering nervously on the desk.
- The pattering footsteps grew louder as they approached.
- Leaves were pattering to the ground in the autumn breeze.