Category:Pitapat

Pit"a*pat`, adv. Etym: [an onomatopoetic reduplication of pat a Light, quick blow.]

Defn: in a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats. Lowell. "the fox's heart went pitapat." L'estrange.

Pitapat Pit"a*pat`, n.

Defn: a light, repeated sound; a pattering, as of the rain. "the Pitapat of a pretty foot." Dryden.