All patter synonyms
pat·ter
P p noun patter
- crepitation — the act of crepitating
- doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
- jargon — a colorless to smoky gem variety of zircon.
- localism — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- line — a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
- lingo — the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual: gamblers' lingo.
- cant — a salient angle.
- dialect — A dialect is a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area.
- lingua franca — any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.
- newspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) an official or semiofficial style of writing or saying one thing in the guise of its opposite, especially in order to serve a political or ideological cause while pretending to be objective, as in referring to “increased taxation” as “revenue enhancement.”.
- jive — swing music or early jazz.
- jabber — rapid, indistinct, or nonsensical talk; gibberish.
verb patter
- give voice to — If you give voice to an opinion, a need, or a desire, you express it aloud.
- chitchatting — light conversation; casual talk; gossip.
- whish — a whishing sound.
- whoosh — a loud, rushing noise, as of air or water: a great whoosh as the door opened.
- babble — If someone babbles, they talk in a confused or excited way.
- gibber — to speak inarticulately or meaninglessly.
- bucketed — a deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.; pail.
- clanging — a clanging sound.
- gabble — to speak or converse rapidly and unintelligibly; jabber.
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.