noun glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.
2. patter ·vi to mutter; as prayers.
3. patter ·noun the cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter.
4. patter ·vt to spatter; to sprinkle.
5. patter ·vi to talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue.
6. patter ·noun a quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet.
7. patter ·vi to mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips.
8. patter ·vi to strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.
9. patter ·add. ·noun the language or oratory of a street peddler, conjurer, or the like, hence, glib talk; a voluble harangue; mere talk; chatter; also, specif., rapid speech, ·esp. as sometimes introduced in songs.