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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pattering
  1. chatting
  2. talking
  3. conversing
  4. chattering
  5. rattling
Verb
  • Some people were chatting outside the church when something sounded like an engine backfiring.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • From there, wine flowed as attendees tucked into filet mignon and sea bass while chatting across large burgundy floral centerpieces.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of chatting
Verb
  • Higby's face was covered, and when talking to poll workers, O'Keefe referred to him as his wife.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Higby’s face was covered, and when talking to poll workers, O’Keefe referred to him as his wife.
    — Mark Vancleave, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of talking
Verb
  • Another image shows Pitt and Debicki conversing at a bar, while a different shot features him on a tennis court with Debicki, Caan and Gugino.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The Pope woke up from surgical anesthesia without any complications, and requested dinner while conversing with Vatican staff.
    — Alice Park, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of conversing
Verb
  • Together the duo enjoy scaring themselves into a teeth-chattering but delightful evening.
    — Liz Rosenberg, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026
  • There was something that got a lot of people chattering in the world of math.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of chattering
Verb
  • Sound quality is also good, with ultra-deep bass rattling your brain on songs that feature it.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The production is a rattling junk drawer of circuit-bent thrift-store keyboards, dusty drum machines, and unintuitive loops, and KTO combines them into head-scratching, shouldn’t-work grooves.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of rattling

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“Pattering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pattering. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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