pitteringadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɪtərɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpɪdərɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pitter v.¹, -ing suffix²; pitter-patter v.², -ing suffix².

Etymology: Either < pitter v.¹ + -ing suffix², or < pitter (in pitter-patter v.²) + -ing suffix², although in both cases the verb is apparently first attested later.

That makes a rapid succession of light taps or similar sounds.

ΘΚΠ

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

1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. C2 The brooke..when his pittering streames are low & thin.

a1635 R. Herrick Oberon's Feast in Wks. (1869) II. 471 But that ther was in place to stirr His fier the pittering grass~hopper, The merrie crickett, puissing flye.

?1652 G. Tooke Annæ-dicata 3 At whose foot some pittering Rillet wound.

1799 I. D'Israeli Romances p. iii Strange music sounds! each insect voice is there; The piping gnat, the pittering grasshopper: the humming dorr.

1803 J. Leyden Scenes of Infancy I. 12 Pittering grashoppers [sic]..Pipe giddily along the glowing hill.

1989 T. Tryon Night of Moonbow iv. vi. 282 She rushed out of the cabin onto the linepath, taking pittering little steps up and down.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pittering
释义	pitteringadj. Brit. /ˈpɪtərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɪdərɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pitter v.¹, -ing suffix²; pitter-patter v.², -ing suffix². Etymology: Either < pitter v.¹ + -ing suffix², or < pitter (in pitter-patter v.²) + -ing suffix², although in both cases the verb is apparently first attested later. That makes a rapid succession of light taps or similar sounds. ΘΚΠ 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 1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. C2 The brooke..when his pittering streames are low & thin. a1635 R. Herrick Oberon's Feast in Wks. (1869) II. 471 But that ther was in place to stirr His fier the pittering grass~hopper, The merrie crickett, puissing flye. ?1652 G. Tooke Annæ-dicata 3 At whose foot some pittering Rillet wound. 1799 I. D'Israeli Romances p. iii Strange music sounds! each insect voice is there; The piping gnat, the pittering grasshopper: the humming dorr. 1803 J. Leyden Scenes of Infancy I. 12 Pittering grashoppers [sic]..Pipe giddily along the glowing hill. 1989 T. Tryon Night of Moonbow iv. vi. 282 She rushed out of the cabin onto the linepath, taking pittering little steps up and down. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1594
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