pitapat
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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
It was when the comandante, Don Señor el Coronel Encarnacion Rios, looked upon the little saint seated in the shop and felt his heart go pitapat.
From Cabbages and Kings by O. Henry
"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
Suddenly he fancied he heard feet outside going pitapat.
From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
I stood, and looked, and listened, and my heart went pitapat.
From Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales by Leo Tolstoy, Count
Pitt's panthers pitapatted round Nebraska; the line poked holes, Fullback Parkinson plunged twice for touchdowns.
From Time Magazine Archive
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