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Pitapat

Pitapat \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.

Pitapat

Pitapat \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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pitapat

adv. (alternative spelling of pit-a-pat English) n. (alternative spelling of pit-a-pat English) vb. (alternative spelling of pit-a-pat English)

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Still calmly, though my heart was going pitapat, I pulled out Louis’s dirk and began to whet it on the stone.