Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to patter
Participle: pattered
Gerund: pattering
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | patter |
| you | patter |
| he;she;it | patters |
| we | patter |
| you | patter |
| they | patter |
Perfect
| I | have pattered |
| you | have pattered |
| he;she;it | has pattered |
| we | have pattered |
| you | have pattered |
| they | have pattered |
Past
| I | pattered |
| you | pattered |
| he;she;it | pattered |
| we | pattered |
| you | pattered |
| they | pattered |
Pluperfect
| I | had pattered |
| you | had pattered |
| he;she;it | had pattered |
| we | had pattered |
| you | had pattered |
| they | had pattered |
Future
| I | will patter |
| you | will patter |
| he;she;it | will patter |
| we | will patter |
| you | will patter |
| they | will patter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pattered |
| you | will have pattered |
| he;she;it | will have pattered |
| we | will have pattered |
| you | will have pattered |
| they | will have pattered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | patter |
| you | patter |
| he;she;it | patter |
| we | patter |
| you | patter |
| they | patter |
Perfect
| I | have pattered |
| you | have pattered |
| he;she;it | have pattered |
| we | have pattered |
| you | have pattered |
| they | have pattered |
Imperfect
| I | pattered |
| you | pattered |
| he;she;it | pattered |
| we | pattered |
| you | pattered |
| they | pattered |
Pluperfect
| I | had pattered |
| you | had pattered |
| he;she;it | had pattered |
| we | had pattered |
| you | had pattered |
| they | had pattered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would patter |
| you | would patter |
| he;she;it | would patter |
| we | would patter |
| you | would patter |
| they | would patter |
Perfect
| I | would have pattered |
| you | would have pattered |
| he;she;it | would have pattered |
| we | would have pattered |
| you | would have pattered |
| they | would have pattered |
Imperative
| you | patter |
| we | Let's patter |
| you | patter |
Verbs conjugated like 'patter'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'patter'
atter,
batter,
hatter,
matter,
natter,
palter,
patten,
pattern,
pitter,
potter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to administer a physical blow
- bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, dab, dash, dowse, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, hammer, hit, kick, knock, lunge, pat, pelt, pink, poke, pound, pummel, punch, rap, slam, slap, strike, swap, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, whack, whip, yerk
- tap
- drum, rattle, beat, pat, rap, pound, palpitate, pulsate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1610s, pat + -er (“frequentative (indicating repeated action)”), of (onomatopoeia) origin.
Sample Sentences
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[...] the measure seemed to embarrass him considerably; for he often stopped, as Eliza glided forward, and looked wistfully, first at her and then at the house, and then, as if reassured by reflection, he pattered along after her again. A few minutes brought them to the window of Uncle Tom's cottage, and Eliza stopping, tapped lightly on the window-pane.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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We sat here, looking silently at the row of little tables, which extended down both sides of the cabin, and listening to the rain as it dripped and pattered on the boat, and plashed with a dismal merriment in the water, until the arrival of the railway train, for whose final contribution to our stock of passengers, our departure was alone deferred. It [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)