pitapat
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"Three times and out," he whispered as the boys' hearts went pitapat.
From A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life by Herman Gastrell Seely
Just as she was ready to open, she heard the pitapat of little Nanna's steps on the bridge from the bank.
From Mary by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Awguan, top horse and foreman of Stanley's mount, swung pitapat down the winding pass at a brisk fox trot.
From Copper Streak Trail by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Roll -- N. roll &c. v.; drumming &c. v.; berloque†, bombination†, rumbling; tattoo, drumroll; dingdong; tantara†; rataplan†; whirr; ratatat, ratatat-tat; rubadub; pitapat; quaver, clutter, charivari†, racket; cuckoo; repetition &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
And then she added, with a laugh, that he ought to be tied up, "for you are a cruel handsome man, Frank, and my heart goes pitapat at the very sight of you!"
From Love, the Fiddler by Lloyd Osbourne
Pitt's panthers pitapatted round Nebraska; the line poked holes, Fullback Parkinson plunged twice for touchdowns.
From Time Magazine Archive
