WordNet
pitty-pat
adv. as of footsteps; "he came running pit-a-pat down the hall" [syn: pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitter-patter]
describing a rhythmic beating; "his heart went pit-a-pat" [syn: pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitter-patter]
Usage examples of "pitty-pat".
Feet pitty-patted toward me, I eyed the house, wondered if Id have lime to get Deans attention before somebody did something unpleasant and maybe left the old boy a mess to clean up.
With the nose at ten degrees above the horizon and the power at 70 percent, she let the plane coast into the first one, but didn't get there because the pitty-pat thumping began in the intakes and increased in intensity to a drumming rat-a-tat-tat played by a drunk.