pitty-pat

Questions about pitty-pat

What does pitty-pat mean?

pitty-pat means "as of footsteps". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pitty-pat?

pitty-pat has 3 syllables: pit-ty--pat. The stress falls on "pit".

What is another word for pitty-pat?

Close synonyms include pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitter-patter, pit-a-pat, pitty-patty. 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 pitty-pat a common word?

pitty-pat is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pitty-pat come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.