Thesaurus results for PATTERED

pattered

verb

past tense of patter

as in chatted

to engage in casual or rambling conversation the toddler pattered on for what seemed like hours

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Recent Examples of pattered Big shot guests popped up in the studio audience, including the actors Bryan Cranston, Paul Rudd, and Ryan Reynolds, who did a few bits and pattered about the host going off air; Colbert moved through the usual jokes about the day’s news. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026 As rain pattered against windows, and trees lining the streets swayed, flurries of urgent texts began ricocheting from one end of the neighborhood to the other, and panic set in as some residents put on their shoes and hurried out the door. — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025

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So after the game, as former colleagues often do, Tremble found his ex-coworker and chatted with him.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026
In an interview with Bon Appétit, the former Detroit health director chatted about Michigan's food culture, grocery affordability, and the foods that shaped him.

— Serena Maria Daniels, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of chatted

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Essential California checked out the trials, tested airport counters, walked through the terminal’s new gates and conversed with excited passengers looking forward to their next flight out of Burbank.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Hemingway commended Salinger, then a twenty-five-year-old staff sergeant, on his short stories, and the two conversed for hours.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026

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Suspended in a pool, holding onto an oxygen mask as her teeth chattered, Julia Wolf began to seriously consider the possibility of hypothermia.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
Some raved about the experience to those in line while others chattered among themselves about their thoughts.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of chattered

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Other corners of the tech industry have also been rattled as investors scrutinize earnings and demand evidence that companies will benefit, rather than be threatened, by developments in AI.

— Lucy Bayly, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
Butler said the incident was unnerving to witness, and has left residents in the area rattled.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

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