[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to make a rapid succession of light taps:Raindrops patter on the windowpane.Synonyms: pelt , rap , beat , pat", "to move or walk lightly or quickly:The child pattered across the room."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to cause to patter.", "to spatter with something."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:the steady patter of rain on the tin roof.", "the act of pattering."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["meaningless, rapid talk; mere chatter; gabble .", "the usually glib and rapid speech or talk used by a magician while performing, a barker at a circus or sideshow, a comedian or other entertainer, a vendor of questionable wares, or the like; stylized or rehearsed talk used to attract attention, entertain, etc.", "amusing lines delivered rapidly by an entertainer or performer, as in a comic routine or in a song.", "the jargon or cant of any class, group, etc."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to talk glibly or rapidly, especially with little regard to meaning; chatter .", "to repeat a paternoster or other prayer in a rapid, mechanical way."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to recite or repeat (prayers, verses, etc.) in a rapid, mechanical way.", "to repeat or say rapidly or glibly."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a person or thing that pats . pat ."]}]