Pit·a·pat adv. In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats. --Lowell. “The fox's heart went pitapat.” --L'Estrange.
Pit·a·pat, n. A light, repeated sound; a pattering, as of the rain. “The pitapat of a pretty foot.”
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pit-a-pat
adv 1: as of footsteps; "he came running pit-a-pat down the hall"
[syn: pitty-patty, pitty-pat, pitter-patter]
2: describing a rhythmic beating; "his heart went pit-a-pat"
[syn: pitty-patty, pitty-pat, pitter-patter]