パタパタ

Frequency rank: 7,742. – 7,750.
    adverb (fukushi); adverb taking the 'to' particle; noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  1. flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; whack-whack (e.g. beating dust out of a rug); whap-whaponomatopoeic or mimetic word
    2. adverb (fukushi); adverb taking the 'to' particle
  2. pitter-patter (of footsteps)onomatopoeic or mimetic word
  3. quickly (making progress); in quick successiononomatopoeic or mimetic word
Forms
  • パタパタFrequency rank: 7,742. – 7,750.
  • ぱたぱたFrequency rank: 11,091. – 11,112.
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; whack-whack (e.g. beating dust out of a rug); whap-whap
    2. This meaning is often used to describe the sound or action of something moving quickly and loosely in the air, typically associated with flags or objects being shaken.
    The flag is flapping.
    He whacked the rug to beat out the dust.
  2. pitter-patter (of footsteps)
    3. This meaning is used to describe light, quick sounds of footsteps or similar noises, often suggesting movement that is hurried or childlike.
    I could hear the pitter-patter of children's footsteps.
    The rain was pattering against the window.
  3. quickly (making progress); in quick succession
    4. This meaning indicates rapidity, often used to describe a series of actions or events occurring in a short timeframe.
    He quickly finished his homework.
    The phone rang in quick succession.
Generated collocations (experimental)
to make a flapping sounda bird flutters/fliesto make a pitter-patter soundto flutterto quickly follow alongto hear pitter-patter footstepsto move quicklythe child runs quickly (with pitter-patter footsteps)the fan flutters (or spins)the flag flutters
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