'Pitapat' definitions:
Definition of 'Pitapat'
From: GCIDE
- Pitapat \Pit"a*pat`\, adv. [An onomatopoetic reduplication of pat a light, quick blow.] In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats. --Lowell. "The fox's heart went pitapat." --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pitapat'
From: GCIDE
- Pitapat \Pit"a*pat`\, n. A light, repeated sound; a pattering, as of the rain. "The pitapat of a pretty foot." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pitapat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrhythmia,
- barrage,
- beat,
- beating,
- bump,
- chink,
- click,
- clink,
- clop,
- clump,
- clunk,
- crump,
- dance,
- didder,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- dithers,
- drum,
- drum music,
- drumbeat,
- drumfire,
- drumming,
- dull thud,
- fidgetiness,
- fidgets,
- flap,
- flick,
- flicker,
- flit,
- flitter,
- flop,
- flump,
- flutter,
- heartbeat,
- heartthrob,
- heaving,
- inquietude,
- pad,
- palpitant,
- palpitation,
- panting,
- paradiddle,
- pat,
- patter,
- pitter-patter,
- plump,
- plunk,
- pop,
- pound,
- pounding,
- pulsatile,
- pulsating,
- pulsation,
- pulsative,
- pulsatory,
- pulse,
- pulsing,
- quaking,
- quaver,
- quavering,
- quiver,
- quivering,
- rap,
- rat-a-tat,
- rat-tat,
- rat-tat-tat,
- rataplan,
- rattattoo,
- restlessness,
- rhythm,
- rhythmic,
- roll,
- rub-a-dub,
- ruff,
- ruffle,
- shake,
- shakes,
- shaking,
- shiver,
- shivers,
- shudder,
- spatter,
- splutter,
- sputter,
- staccato,
- tap,
- tat-tat,
- tattoo,
- tempo,
- throb,
- throbbing,
- thrum,
- thud,
- thump,
- thumping,
- tick,
- tinkle,
- tom-tom,
- tremble,
- trembling,
- tremor,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- tunk,
- twitter,
- unrest,
- waver