Patter

·noun Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.

II. Patter ·vi To Mutter; as prayers.

III. Patter ·noun The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter.

IV. Patter ·vt To Spatter; to Sprinkle.

V. Patter ·vi To talk glibly; to Chatter; to Harangue.

VI. Patter ·noun A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet.

VII. Patter ·vi To Mutter; to Mumble; as, to patter with the lips.

VIII. Patter ·vi To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.

IX. Patter ·add. ·noun The language or oratory of a street peddler, conjurer, or the like, hence, glib talk; a voluble harangue; mere talk; chatter; also, specif., rapid speech, ·esp. as sometimes introduced in songs.