patter

/pˈætɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
2. a quick succession of light rapid sounds
   “the patter of mice”

verb

1. rain gently
   “It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick”
2. make light, rapid and repeated sounds
   “gently pattering rain”

Synonyms for patter

• spiel
• line of gab
• sprinkle
• spit
• spatter
• pitter-patter

Words that rhyme with patter

• chatter
• scatter
• matter
• batter
• spatter
• splatter
• shatter
• smatter
• clatter
• latter
• platter
• antimatter
• attar
• flatter
• hatter
• natter
• tatter
• wildcatter
• blatter
• chitterchatter
• fatter
• mcfatter
• mcphatter
• sater
• satter
• schlatter
• slatter
• vanatter
• vannater
• vannatter