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Meanings of patter in English

Catalan
garleria
Spanish
perorata

Plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)

garleria
Portuguese
borrifar
Catalan
esquitxar
Spanish
escupir

Rain gently.

borrifar
Synonyms
Examples for "spiel"
Examples for "spiel"
1
Ticket number one! The spiel was beginning to come along as well.
Johannes cabal the necromancer
2
Unlike almost every writer promoting a book, there is no prepared spiel.
The Guardian
3
We listened through the obligatory safety spiel, then the plane began takeoff.
Exit strategy
4
She finally finished her spiel, saying to Janet and me, Now .
Private Sector
5
They taught you not such unbillig spiel at the gymnasium at Munich.
A Rip Van Winkle of the Kalahari, and Other Tales of South-West ...
Usage of patter in English
1
But I seem to know the general root idea of this patter.
The Leopard Woman
2
He tore in the direction whence came the patter of retreating foot-steps.
The Head of Kay's
3
The noise had always been there, a background hiss-patter-splash of falling water.
Dark rivers of the heart
4
Soon the rain began to patter on the leaves of the brake.
Romance of the Rabbit
5
Their patter sounded on the leaves a minute or two; then ceased.
Melbourne House, Volume 2
6
Pit patter: Passion Pit will release their second album, Gossamer, this summer.
The Irish Times
7
When the rain began, it did not fall in a gentle patter.
The Tale of Old Mr. Crow
8
And now the patter of running feet sounded from the pavement below.
The Lion's Brood
9
The iron sides of the truck tanged with a patter of bullets.
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria
10
Through the patter of the rain, he heard a thin voice say:
Three Soldiers
11
From without came the cheerful patter of melting snow upon the sill.
The New Boy at Hilltop, and Other Stories
12
The air, except for the patter of the rain, was absolutely still.
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
13
In moments, she can hear the patter of their feet following her.
Getting old is tres dangereux
14
She heard the light patter of bare feet running to the well.
The brazen gambit
15
Interested driver-pilots may want to brush up on their radio patter now.
BBC
16
Not the drumlike pounding of charging rescue personnel: a fast, gliding patter.
Fire With Fire
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Translations for patter
Portuguese
borrifar
Patter through the time
Patter across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common