Synonyms of the word

pitter-patter

• n. A soft, percussive sound, as of tiny feet or rain on a rooftop.

go

• v. To move.
• v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
• v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
• v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
• v. (intransitive) To attend.
• v. To proceed.
• v. To follow or travel along (a path).
• v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
• v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
• v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
• v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
• v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
• v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
• v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
• v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
• v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
• v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
• v. To pass, to be used up.
• v. (intransitive) To die.
• v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
• v. To break down or apart.
• v. (intransitive) To be sold.
• v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
• v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
• v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
• v. To say (something), to make a sound.
• v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
• v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
• v. To apply or subject oneself to.
• v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
• v. (intransitive) To date.
• v. To attack.
• v. To be in general; to be usually.
• v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
• v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
• n. (uncommon) The act of going.
• n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
• n. An attempt, a try.
• n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
• n. An act; the working or operation.
• n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
• n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
• n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
• n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
• n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
• n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
• n. A period of activity.
• n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
• n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…

pat

• n. The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep.
• n. A light tap or slap, especially with the hands.
• n. A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.
• v. To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
• v. To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat.
• v. (Australia, New Zealand) To stroke or fondle (an animal).
• v. To gently rain.
• adj. timely, suitable, apt, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken.
• adj. trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality.
• adv. Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
• adv. Perfectly.
• n. patent.
• n. (knitting) pattern.

patter

• n. The soft sound of feet walking on a hard surface.
• v. To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.
• v. To spatter; to sprinkle.
• n. Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer, or banter during a sports event.
• v. To speak in such a way – glibly and rapidly, such as from an auctioneer, or when bantering during a sports…
• n. One who pats.

pit-a-pat

• v. To make a series of quick tapping sounds; to palpitate.
• n. A series of quick tapping sounds.
• adv. With a quick tapping sound.

rain

• n. Condensed water falling from a cloud.
• n. (figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise…
• n. (figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
• v. (impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.
• v. To fall as or like rain.
• v. (intransitive) To fall like rain.
• v. (transitive) To issue (something) in large quantities.

rap

• n. (countable) A sharp blow with something hard.
• n. (uncountable) Blame (for something), whether or not it results in a conviction.
• n. (informal) A casual talk.
• n. (music, uncountable) Rap music.
• n. A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
• v. (intransitive) To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
• v. (transitive, dated) To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
• v. (metalworking) To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
• v. (informal, intransitive) To talk casually.
• n. A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
• n. Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century;…
• n. A whit; a jot.

sound

• adj. Healthy.
• adj. Complete, solid, or secure.
• adj. (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
• adj. (Britain, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
• adj. (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
• adj. Heavy; laid on with force.
• adj. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
• adv. Soundly.
• interj. (Britain, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
• n. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
• n. A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
• n. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
• n. Noise without meaning; empty noise.
• v. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
• v. (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
• v. (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound.
• v. (intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area…
• v. (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
• v. (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
• n. (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting…
• n. The air bladder of a fish.
• n. A cuttlefish.
• v. (intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.
• v. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try;…
• v. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
• v. (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
• n. (medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.
• n. A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.

spatter

• v. (transitive) To splash with small droplets.
• v. (transitive) To distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To injure by aspersion; to defame.

spit

• n. A rod on which meat is grilled (UK English) or broiled (US English).
• n. A narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.
• n. The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.
• v. To impale on a spit.
• v. To attend to a spit; to use a spit.
• v. To spade; to dig.
• v. (intransitive, transitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth.
• v. To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.
• v. (transitive) To utter violently.
• v. (transitive, slang, hip-hop) To rap, utter.
• n. (uncountable) Saliva, especially when expectorated.
• n. (countable) An instance of spitting.

sprinkle

• v. (transitive) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for…
• v. (transitive) To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
• v. (intransitive) To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
• v. (transitive) To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse;…
• n. A light covering with a sprinkled substance.
• n. A light rain shower.

tap

• n. A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.
• n. A device used to dispense liquids.
• n. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
• n. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
• n. (mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die…
• n. A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
• n. An interception of communication by authority.
• v. To furnish with taps.
• v. To draw off liquid from a vessel.
• v. To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
• v. To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
• v. To intercept a communication without authority.
• v. (mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.
• v. (card games, board games) To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already…
• n. Device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.
• v. To strike lightly.
• v. To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
• v. To make a sharp noise.
• v. To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
• v. (slang, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
• v. (combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
• v. (combat sports, transitive) To force (an opponent) to submit.
• v. To put a new sole or heel on.
• n. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
• n. tap dance.
• n. (computing) The act of touching a touch screen.
• n. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel;…
• n. (military) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring…
• n. (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard…