Pit"a*pat` (?), adv. [An onomatopoetic reduplication of pat a light, quick blow.]
In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats.
Lowell. "The fox's heart went
pitapat."
L'Estrange.
© Webster 1913.
Pit"a*pat`, n.
A light, repeated sound; a pattering, as of the rain.
"The
pitapat of a pretty foot."
Dryden.
© Webster 1913.