patter

Other forms of patter

plural

patters·

past tense

patterred·

present participle

patterring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about patter

What does patter mean?

patter means "plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in patter?

patter has 2 syllables: pat-ter. The stress falls on "pat". In IPA it is /ˈpætɚ/.

What is another word for patter?

Close synonyms include spiel, line of gab, sprinkle, spit, spatter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is patter a common word?

patter is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.