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pit·a·pat
(pĭt′ə-păt′)intr.v. pit·a·pat·ted, pit·a·pat·ting, pit·a·pats
1. To move with a series of quick tapping steps.
2. To make a repeated tapping sound.
n.
A series of quick steps, taps, or beats.
adv.
With a rapid tapping sound.
[Imitative.]
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pitapat
(ˌpɪtəˈpæt)adv
with quick light taps or beats
vb, -pats, -patting or -patted
(intr) to make quick light taps or beats
n
such taps or beats
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pit•a•pat
(ˈpɪt əˌpæt)adv., n., v. -pat•ted, -pat•ting. adv.
1. with a quick succession of beats or taps.
n. 2. the movement or the sound of something going pitapat.
v.i. 3. to go pitapat.
[1515–25; imitative gradational compound]
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pitapat
Past participle: pitapatted
Gerund: pitapatting
| Imperative |
|---|
| pitapat |
| pitapat |
| Present |
|---|
| I pitapat |
| you pitapat |
| he/she/it pitapats |
| we pitapat |
| you pitapat |
| they pitapat |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I pitapatted |
| you pitapatted |
| he/she/it pitapatted |
| we pitapatted |
| you pitapatted |
| they pitapatted |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am pitapatting |
| you are pitapatting |
| he/she/it is pitapatting |
| we are pitapatting |
| you are pitapatting |
| they are pitapatting |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have pitapatted |
| you have pitapatted |
| he/she/it has pitapatted |
| we have pitapatted |
| you have pitapatted |
| they have pitapatted |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was pitapatting |
| you were pitapatting |
| he/she/it was pitapatting |
| we were pitapatting |
| you were pitapatting |
| they were pitapatting |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had pitapatted |
| you had pitapatted |
| he/she/it had pitapatted |
| we had pitapatted |
| you had pitapatted |
| they had pitapatted |
| Future |
|---|
| I will pitapat |
| you will pitapat |
| he/she/it will pitapat |
| we will pitapat |
| you will pitapat |
| they will pitapat |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have pitapatted |
| you will have pitapatted |
| he/she/it will have pitapatted |
| we will have pitapatted |
| you will have pitapatted |
| they will have pitapatted |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be pitapatting |
| you will be pitapatting |
| he/she/it will be pitapatting |
| we will be pitapatting |
| you will be pitapatting |
| they will be pitapatting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been pitapatting |
| you have been pitapatting |
| he/she/it has been pitapatting |
| we have been pitapatting |
| you have been pitapatting |
| they have been pitapatting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been pitapatting |
| you will have been pitapatting |
| he/she/it will have been pitapatting |
| we will have been pitapatting |
| you will have been pitapatting |
| they will have been pitapatting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been pitapatting |
| you had been pitapatting |
| he/she/it had been pitapatting |
| we had been pitapatting |
| you had been pitapatting |
| they had been pitapatting |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would pitapat |
| you would pitapat |
| he/she/it would pitapat |
| we would pitapat |
| you would pitapat |
| they would pitapat |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have pitapatted |
| you would have pitapatted |
| he/she/it would have pitapatted |
| we would have pitapatted |
| you would have pitapatted |
| they would have pitapatted |
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Translations
pitapat
[ˈpɪtəˈpæt] ADV to go pitapat [feet, rain] → golpetearmy heart went pitapat → el corazón me latía con fuerza
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pitapat
[ˌpɪtəˈpæt] advto go pitapat [heart] → battre la chamade ; [rain] → tambouriner pit bull terrier n → pit-bull m
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pitapat
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