Thesaurus results for PATTERING

pattering

verb

present participle of patter

as in chatting

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

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Recent Examples of pattering The interview was interrupted multiple times because of rain pattering against the barn roof where it was being held. — Emily Chang, ABC News, 7 June 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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According to Schaffer, just as surreal as directing the former president was chatting with him during the downtime of the four-hour shoot.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
Walk past locals chatting beside their motorbikes and enter the pedestrian Old Town through the Sea Gate beneath its Venetian lion.

— Jonathan Wiggin, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of chatting

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But there’s something else Sirianni realized in conversing with the chatbot.

— Zach Berman, New York Times, 20 July 2026
The series will feature Questlove and three guests playing a variety of games from Uno to Jenga to original Questlove creations, all while conversing about their lives and careers.

— Mya Copeland, Variety, 2 July 2026

Definition of conversing

Verb

If Hollywood is quick to take a bite out of an injured party, the town’s Mandarins and chattering classes are equally swift to offer advice, solicited or not.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
That’s nothing more than a nonsensical, demonizing political narrative spewed by left-wing politicians and their brethren in the progressive chattering class.

— Michael Zais, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026

Definition of chattering

Verb

Kemp and Jackson united at the Georgia Chamber’s annual congressional luncheon for the first time since Jackson’s party-rattling primary win.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026
There’s certainly good news there, but the program also saw its average revenue per user drop over the last quarter, rattling investors.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 6 Aug. 2026

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