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as in chatter
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
their patter could be heard down the hall
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as in terminology
the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
the patter of highbrow criticism that one hears in fashionable art galleries
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as in to chat
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
the toddler pattered on for what seemed like hours
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Recent Examples of patter
Mark Knapp,
PC Magazine,
8 May 2026
Rain patters through and gathers in puddles as visitors explore in silence.
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Lale Arikoglu,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 May 2026
John Bowe,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2026
Benito finds community with the like-minded Pleneros de la Cresta, who have been playing the island’s pattering folk music for over a decade.
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Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Almost everything sounds great, but the constant patter of the drums, which falls into the boosted bass range, feels more like a battering.
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Mark Knapp,
PC Magazine,
8 May 2026
Rain patters through and gathers in puddles as visitors explore in silence.
—
Lale Arikoglu,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 May 2026
Verb
Morning brought rain, pattering on the rooftop, soothing and monsoon-y.
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John Bowe,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2026
Benito finds community with the like-minded Pleneros de la Cresta, who have been playing the island’s pattering folk music for over a decade.
—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patter
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In the last year or two, there was chatter and debate whether Messi would actually be selected to join the national team again.
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If circumstances had gone Spain’s way with more clinical finishing or a Cape Verde defender making a mistake, then the result would have been different and a lot of the chatter currently happening (including here) would likely not be happening.
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Learning about their industry and its terminology would be a huge task for me.
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Every major technology shift creates terminology confusion.
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These hard-sided, pop-top adventure trucks look so cool that strangers will stop to chat with you — guaranteed.
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While Yahia chats with The Star, his daughter, Hannah, takes a tray of baklava out of the oven.
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Trump made the threat on Sunday, even as Vice President JD Vance met Iranian officials in Switzerland for the first talks under the interim accord.
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Still looming over talks, however, is the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in Lebanon, which has continued despite a recent renewal of their ceasefire agreement.
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In our day, before there was the interweb, 30 to 40 interviews a week, promoting stuff back-to-back-to-back in all dialects and languages.
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Like every precocious rising star fluent in the dialect of bluster, Wembanyama talked big, too.
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This is because any of various chatbots can induce in us an irresistible sense of our conversing with an actual person.
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Her subjects range from the humming of trees conversing through underground fungi to the iridescent call (invisible to humans) that flowers make to fluttering bees.
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Operational Infrastructure The market is slowly finding a more honest vocabulary for what AI models actually are.
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Using data collected over years of painstaking observation, Elie discovered 11 core calls that make up the zebra finch vocabulary, such as calls for distress, hunger and saying hello.
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Hong Kong — The buzzing of needles and gasps of pain fall silent, replaced by the clacking and rattling of steel and plastic colliding.
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Which is why we were thrilled to find so many Prime Day deals on enriching toys, like this beautiful wooden Montessori toy, this silicone rattle and teether combo, and this charming teddy bear.
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“Patter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patter. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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