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pit-a-pat

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pit-a-pat /pɪtəˈpat/ (also pitapat)

▶adverb with a sound like quick light taps. ▶noun a sound of this kind.

– origin C16: imitative of alternating sounds.

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