pitapat Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pit"a*pat` adverb
Etymology
An onomatopoetic reduplication of pat a light, quick blow.
Definitions
  1. In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats. Lowell. "The fox's heart went pitapat." L'Estrange.
Pit"a*pat` noun
Definitions
  1. A light, repeated sound; a pattering, as of the rain. "The pitapat of a pretty foot." Dryden.

Webster 1913