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单词 pattering
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patteringn.1

Brit. /ˈpat(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpædərɪŋ/
Forms: see patter v.1 and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: patter v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < patter v.1 + -ing suffix1.
Incessant or repetitive talking; continuous chatter, esp. with little regard to sense or content; the persuasive speech of a street-seller. Also: an instance of this.
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?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew vi. f. lxxxviijv How blynde are they which thynke prayer to be the paterynge of manye wordes.
1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome iii. 40 [They] tire their tongues with mumbling vaine, and endlesse pattering.
1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 16 What a pattering with their Lips, as if they would cry out!
1850 W. R. Williams Relig. Progress (1854) i. 22 Leaving the nursery and its pattering by rote of elementary truths.
1983 J. H. Wiener Radicalism & Free Thought in 19th-cent. Brit. i. 11 He was exposed to the patterings of the tractsellers who advertised their political wares in and around Fleet Street.
2001 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 1 Dec. (Letters section) 12 I am..fed up with [the] petty pattering of that empty ‘siop siarrad’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

patteringn.2

Brit. /ˈpat(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpædərɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: patter v.2, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < patter v.2 + -ing suffix1.
The action of patter v.2; a light tapping sound, as made by raindrops, rapid footfalls, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > pattering or spattering
pit-a-pat1582
pit-a-pat-ationa1735
squatter1788
pattering1798
patter1822
splatter1827
pit-a-patting1844
pat1846
pitter-patter1863
spattering1866
the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun] > presence or expectation of
the patter of tiny (also little) feeta1849
pattering1849
1798 T. Jones Memoirs (1951) 54 Lulled to sleep by the pattering of the rain against the windows.
1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. i. 58 The pattering of the shower.
1849 H. W. Longfellow Kavanagh xi. 40 With these day~dreams mingled confusedly the pattering of little feet.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. xlvi. 112 A pattering of hoofs on the soil of the field.
1918 D. M. Wright N.Z. Fairy Song 39 There came a pattering of feet like August showers.
1966 J. Sloman Virgil's Machines 25 I was in your living room waiting for you to get ready, listening to some music and the pattering of your dog's feet.
2003 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 2 May 18 It's..a family affair, featuring the flighty vocals of Sutapa Bhattacharya and speedy tabla patterings from Subashis Bhattacharya.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

patteringadj.1

Brit. /ˈpat(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpædərɪŋ/
Forms: 1500s pattring, 1800s– pattering; also Scottish 1800s paittering, 1800s paterin'.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: patter v.1, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < patter v.1 + -ing suffix2.
rare.
That patters or speaks rapidly or as if by rote.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]
wordyeOE
talewisec1200
i-worded?c1225
babblinga1250
cacklinga1250
chatteringa1250
speakfula1250
word-wooda1250
of many wordsc1350
janglingc1374
tatteringc1380
tongueya1382
ganglinga1398
readya1400
jargaunt1412
talkative1432
open-moutheda1470
clattering1477
trattling?a1513
windy1513
popping1528
smatteringa1529
rattle?1529
communicablea1533
blab1552
gaggling1553
long-tongued?1553
prittle-prattle1556
pattering1558
talking1560
bobling1566
gabbling1566
verbal1572
piet1573
twattling1573
flibber gibber1575
babblative1576
tickle-tongued1577
tattling1581
buzzing1587
long-winded1589
multiloquous1591
discoursive1599
rattling1600
glib1602
flippant1605
talkful1605
nimble-tongued1608
tongue-ripe1610
fliperous1611
garrulous?1611
futile1612
overspeaking1612
feather-tongueda1618
tongue-free1617
long-breatheda1628
well-breathed1635
multiloquious1640
untongue-tied1640
unretentive1650
communicative1651
linguacious1651
glibbed1654
largiloquent1656
multiloquent1656
parlagea1657
loose-clacked1661
nimble-chop1662
twit-twat1665
over-talkativea1667
loquacious1667
loudmouth1668
conversable1673
gash1681
narrative1681
chappy1693
apposite1701
conversative1703
gabbit1710
lubricous1715
gabby?1719
ventose1721
taleful1726
chatty?1741
blethering1759
renable1781
fetch-fire1784
conversational1799
conversant1803
gashing1808
long-lunged1815
talky1815
multi-loquacious1819
prolegomenous1822
talky-talky1831
nimble-mouthed1836
slipper1842
speechful1842
gassy1843
in great force1849
yattering1859
babbly1860
irreticent1864
chattable1867
lubrical1867
chattery1869
loose-mouthed1872
chinny1883
tongue-wagging1885
yappy1909
big-mouthed1914
loose-lipped1919
ear-bashing1945
ear-bending1946
yackety-yacking1953
nattering1959
yacking1959
woofy1960
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vi. sig. P.iij Whan furst her [sc. the Sibyl's] pattring mouth and raging limmes wer left at rest, Eneas prinse began.
1835 R. M. Bird Infidel II. vi. 67 Wert thou, instead of a pattering friar, a canonized saint in heaven, still wert thou but a thing of dross and earth, compared with him thou malignest!
1958 C. Oman David Garrick iii. 64 ‘You must not take that,’ said Welsh Davy in his quick pattering speech.
1994 Observer (Nexis) 30 Jan. (Review Page section) 17 The pattering voices of children stumbling sleepily over their evening prayers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

patteringadj.2

Brit. /ˈpat(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpædərɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: patter v.2, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < patter v.2 + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier pittering adj.
That patters or makes a repeated light tapping sound.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [adjective] > pattering or spattering
spattering1576
tattling1576
pittering1594
pit-a-pata1637
pattering1697
pit-a-patting1844
the world > people > person > baby or infant > [adjective] > presence or expectation of
pattering1886
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 491 Patt'ring Hail comes pouring on the Main.
a1770 T. Chatterton Compl. Wks. (1971) I. 439 With patt'ring blows prolongs th'unequal fight.
1792 F. Burney Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 229 In the midst of pattering Showers & Cloudy skies.
1807 J. B. White Myst. of Castle ii. iii. 27 It is callous now, hard and cold as the surrounding rocks, repelling the balmy word of comfort, as they the pattering rain.
1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. ix. 288 Cliffs, with a pretty pattering stream at the bottom.
1924 Chambers's Jrnl. 294/2 Pattering donkeys barge their way through the crowded alleys.
1989 O. V. Vijayan After the Hanging 142 I heard the fried ringlets crackle, I heard the pattering footfall of truant children.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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