Meaning of PITAPAT
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\Pit"a*pat`\, adv. [An onomatopoetic reduplication of
pat a light, quick blow.]
In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats.
--Lowell. ``The fox's heart went pitapat.'' --L'Estrange.
\Pit"a*pat`\, n.
A light, repeated sound; a pattering, as of the rain. ``The
pitapat of a pretty foot.'' --Dryden.
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