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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pat·ter v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pattered p. pr. & vb. n. Pattering.]
 1. To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.
    The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard.   --Thomson.
 2. To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips. --Tyndale.
 3. To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue. [Colloq.]
    I've gone out and pattered to get money.   --Mayhew.