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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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

Democrats are talking more cautiously now, and the party is rooting them on from DC.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Her intentions were made clear in exchanges on social media with Bowden, who harshly criticized Honeycutt for crossing party lines, particularly for talking with Ocasio-Cortez.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of talking

Verb

McKenzie and his outfit are usually conversing with agents, advisors, business and wealth managers about who may have capital needs as opposed to individual athletes themselves.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 2 Nov. 2026
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

Definition of conversing

Verb

Hundreds of millions of people are watching TV and YouTube closely, chattering and analyzing on social media.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2026
The chattering and barking mammals that scamper through these woodlands rely on the pale fluid to grow fast, providing mammal pups with the raw materials to start turning the soft cartilage of their skeletons to more resilient bone.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 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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