pitty-patty

Questions about pitty-patty

What does pitty-patty mean?

pitty-patty 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-patty?

pitty-patty has 4 syllables and divides as pit-ty--pat-ty under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for pitty-patty?

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

pitty-patty 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-patty come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.