pitapat

Example Sentences

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Suddenly he fancied he heard feet outside going pitapat.

From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

I stood, and looked, and listened, and my heart went pitapat.

From Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Awguan, top horse and foreman of Stanley's mount, swung pitapat down the winding pass at a brisk fox trot.

From Copper Streak Trail by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove

And while she gazed her heart went pitapat.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

Roll -- N. roll &c. v.; drumming &c. v.; berloque†, bombination†, rumbling; tattoo, drumroll; dingdong; tantara†; rataplan†; whirr; ratatat, ratatat-tat; rubadub; pitapat; quaver, clutter, charivari†, racket; cuckoo; repetition &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark