1. made a series of quick light sounds
Usage: past tense of ‘patter’
2. spoke rapidly and continuously, often in a mechanical way
Usage: past tense of ‘patter’

Examples

• Rain pattered against the window all night.
• Her footsteps pattered down the hallway.
• Hail pattered on the roof during the storm.
• The salesman pattered through his rehearsed pitch.
• She pattered nervously about the weather.
• Leaves pattered to the ground in the autumn breeze.